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conspicuous, flavescent hairs; antennae and legs somewhat infuscate, 



the tarsi and posterior tibiae testaceous. 



Head prolonged and much narrowed anteriorly, with a denticle near 

 each eye just over the point of antennal insertion; it is densely and 

 minutely subgranulate, and, if carefully examined, some fine scattered 

 punctures may be seen. Eyes transversely oval, convex, and very pro- 

 minent, with coarse facets. Thorax cor di form, rather broader than 

 long, widely emarginate in front, so that the angles seem slightly pro- 

 minent, its sides moderately rounded near the front, very much so 

 towards the base, so that there is hardly any trace of posterior angles; 

 its sculpture is like that of the head, along the middle there is a glabrous 

 indistinctly marked line. Elytra not closely applied to the thorax, rather 

 longer than it is, subquadrate, with broadly curved apices; their punc- 

 t at ion moderately close, rather shallow, and not very distinct. Hind- 

 body nearly double the length of, but quite perceptibly narrower than, 

 the wing-cases, strongly margined laterally as far as the 5th segment, 

 with finely transversely strigose or rugose sculpture; the 6th segment 

 widely, yet slightly, incurved behind; 7th short, rounded; these last 

 with a few fine punctures. 



Legs finely setose; tibiae straight, not incrassate; the anterior with 

 8 or 10 slender spines along the outside, the lower ones most distinct, 

 the' second series I fail to detect with any degree of certainty; inter- 

 mediate with double series of about 5, the posterior tibiae longer than 

 the others, with slender spines below the middle. Tarsi slender, the 

 terminal joint of the hmd pair twice the length of the basal two 

 combined. 



Antennae geniculate, inserted below the sides of the forehead, finely 

 pubescent; basal joint stout, about half of the entire length; 2nd thicker 

 than 3rd, the 6th rather smaller than adjoining ones; joints 7-9 laxly 

 articulated and broader than preceding ones, 11th narrower than 10th 

 and closely adapted to it. 



Maxillary palpi stout, penultimate joint hairy and rather large, the 

 terminal aciculate, but quite easily seen. Mandibles porrect, elongate, 

 rufescent, slightly curved towards the extremity, with a small tooth on 

 the inside before the middle. 



Length, 4 mm.; breadth, 1mm. 



Wanganui Beach. Described from a refractory alcoholic specimen 

 forwarded by Professor Chilton, but found by Dr. L. Cockayne. It is 

 no doubt a female, and is the first of this genus discovered in New Zea- 

 land. In all the European and Australian species in my possession the 

 head and thorax of the males are furnished with more or less distinct 

 horns. 



Group PSELAPHIDAE. 



3195. Sago la monticola sp. no v. Sagola Sharp, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 134. 



Subdepressed, elongate, nitid; pubescence yellowish, slender, and 

 elongate, intermingled with longer erect hairs on the elytra and hind- 

 body; head and thorax red; elytra, legs, antennae, and palpi fulves- 

 cent ; hind-body rufo-castaneous; tarsi yellow 



Head trigonal, dilated and prominent laterally behind so as to be 

 as broad there as the middle of thorax," the median channel extends from 

 the antennal tubercles to the back, where it becomes linear, and there is 

 a narrow basal fovea at each side of it; there are no distinct punctures. 



