OP NEW ZEALAND. 1419 



margin ; anteuual tubercles prominent, nearly contiguous. Thorax 

 cordate, with a large impression behind the middle, a small fovea 

 near each basal angle, and a large depression at each side. Elytra 

 longer than broad, widest behind the middle, apices subtruncate ; 

 with well-marked sutural striae and intrahumeral impressions. 

 Hind-hody as long as elytra, with conspicuous hairs, its first exposed 

 segment covered with minute yellowish scales or setae, the third 

 rather longer and broader. 



Antenna with slender erect hairs ; first joint twice the length of 

 the second ; third very small ; 4-7 nearly alike, each narrowed 

 towards the apex ; eightla strongly transverse, distinctly broader than 

 the preceding or following joints ; eleventh rather small. 



Legs robust ; anterior femora very thick, broadly impressed in 

 front, finely fringed underneath ; the tibia: very strongly curved, the 

 basal half slender, the other half about twice as broad, almost 

 abruptly thickened, so that they appear bent near the middle on the 

 inside. Intermediate tibiae moderately slender, slightly arched 

 externally, ciliate near the extremity. Posterior femora as thick 

 near the end as they are at the middle ; the tibiae nearly straight 

 inwardly, but very much dilated and arcuate medially on the out- 

 side, impressed near the extremity ; tarsi a good deal thickened 

 towards the apex, and provided with enormous claws, as large as the 

 tarsi themselves, they are of unequal thickness, the front ones the 

 stouter. 



Underside pubescent. The head, from the mentum to near the 

 back, deeply hollowed along the middle, the cavity with sharp edges, 

 its apex incurved ; there is another cavity near each side, the inter- 

 vals are pubescent. Metasternum convex. Third ventral segvicnt 

 impressed behind, the fourth with a narrow depression along the 

 middle. 



There is only one species like this, .S'. notahilis. When the two 

 are placed side by side it will be seen that Sagola macronyx has a 

 narrower head ; the basal joint of the antennae is longer, and the 

 eighth is obviously broader ; the palpi are more slender ; the front 

 thighs are broader near the extremity ; and the form of the anterior 

 tibiae is different, those of S. notahilis being of nearly equal thick- 

 ness throughout, and not in the least angulate or bent above the 

 middle. 



S . Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, nearly f line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. I have been unable to find more than 

 one of this wonderful little creature. 



2467. S. mimica, ^'-s- Nitul, red ; elytra, legs, and palpi ful- 

 vous ; pubescence slender, yellow, but intermingled with long erect 

 hairs, most conspicuous on the hind-body. 



Head nearly the width of the thorax, its hind angles moderately 

 prominent, but not directed backwards ; frontal groove narrow, not 

 extending further back than the middle of the eyes, there are two 

 foveae behind. Anten^ut distinctly pilose ; their basal joint equals 

 the following three (conjointly) in length ; second oblong-oval ; third 



