694 AUSTRALIAN AND TASMANIAN PSELAPHIDiE 



shorter and wider than ninth, eleventh briefly ovate, distinctly 

 shorter than the two preceding combined. Prothorax distinctl}^ 

 wider than head, sides strongly rounded and widest slightly in 

 advance of middle, with a deep narrow impression near base, 

 marked by three foveate expansions, of which the median one is 

 the largest. Elytra slightly longer than wide, sides feebly 

 rounded; each with a small fovea at base of subsutural stria, and 

 another slightly behind it; dorsal stria represented by two fovese 

 — a small one at base, and a longer one behind it; a round fovea 

 at base between dorsal and subsutural strife; with fairly numerous 

 but rather indistinct punctures. Abdomen distinctly longer than 

 elytra, sides slightly dilated to fourth segment, which is largest 

 of all; under surface with a small fovea in middle of third 

 segment, and a considerably larger one common to the fourth and 

 fifth. Metasternum strongly convex. Hind trochanters strongly 

 but obtusely dentate. Length 2-2^ mm. 



$. Differs in having the head smaller, antennae shorter and 

 thinner, abdomen feebly convex along middle of under surface,, 

 and hind trochanters unarmed. Length If mm, 



Hab. — Tasmania: New Norfolk, Mount Wellington; in moss 

 (A. M. Lea). 



I have referred this species to Sagola, as it agrees well with 

 Sharp's oi'iginal diagnosis of that genus* except that the meso- 

 sternum is not elongate, but almost certainly the word " meso- 

 sternum " was accidentally used for "metasternum," as Raffray. 

 says " Metasternum magnum." The genus is abundantly repre- 

 sented in New Zealand, but is now first recorded from any part 

 of Australia, Of the species figured by Raffray,t it appears to 

 be closest to *S'. punctulata. The only New Zealand species 

 actually known to me is S. immotaX (given by Raffray as a 

 synonym of S. laminata) which is somewhat wider, head different- 



* I have not, however, dissected out the mouth-parts. 



t Rev. d'Ent. 1S93, Plate i. 



J For a specimen of which I am indebted to Major Broun. 



