DRYOFIDAi;. 155 



Head finely and rather distantly punctured. Eyes moderately large 

 and prominent. Thorax of the usual form, considerably narrowed 

 towards the front, slightly longer than broad; a little uneven, with a 

 shallow longitudinal impression behind the middle and sometimes with 

 a transverse curvate one near the base, its punctation like that of the 

 head, the basal plicae moderately distinct. Elytra thrice the length of 

 the thorax, rather broader than it is at the base, their sides margined 

 and almost straight as far as the hind thighs; they are substriate- 

 punctate, the punctures are rather coarse but become indistinct behind. 



Legs elongate and modeiately slender, with fine greyish setae. 

 Antennae finely pubescent, their last joint evidently larger than its pre- 

 decessor. 



This, in appearance, most nearly approaches //. nitida, 1664, which, 

 however, is rather larger and darker, with a shorter, less anteriorly 

 narrowed thorax, and more regularly striate-punctate elytra. It has 

 only been found in the south of Otago. 



Length, 2§ mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Clevedon, near Auckland. Two found by Mi-. G. Campbell Munro. 



Group PSEI.APITIDAK. 



3518. Sagola halli sp. nov. Sagola Sharp, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 134. 



Elongate, subdepressed, nitid; dark rufous, the legs and antennae 

 paler, palpi and tarsi flavescent; pubescence yellow, slender, elongate, 

 and suberect, that of the hind-body coarser and mingled with long, erect 

 setae. 



Head rather short, almost as broad as the middle of the thorax, with 

 rounded hind angles; frontal channel broad and deep, a little expanded 

 at the middle, and prolonged quite as far as the back of the eyes, 

 basal foveae not sharply limited, subangulate; antennal tubercles slightly 

 elevated and indistinctly punctate. Eyes moderately large, more pro- 

 minent behind than in front. Thorax coidate, slightly broader than 

 lopg ; median fossa large, subquadrate, the basal pair of punctures small 

 but distinct, lateral foveae deep and extending from the middle to the 

 base. Elytra oblong, nearly double the length of the thorax; sutural- 

 striae deep and indistinctly punctured, the intvahumeral interrupted, 

 sometimes with a single puncture, in others bipunctate at the base, the 

 posterior impression always elongate. Hind-body as broad as the elytra, 

 rather shorter, its first visible segment without distinct brassy scales 

 and hardly as long as the 2nd or 3rd, the othcis narrowed and some- 

 what deflexed. 



Antennae as long as the head and tlior.-ix, bearing slender elongate 

 hairs, their basal joint hardly the length of the following three com- 

 bined; 2nd oviform, rather longer than broad and a little thicker than 

 4th, the 3rd distinctly smaller than contiguous ones, oviform or sub- 

 globular; 4th and 5th' about equal, oblong-oval, joints 6-8 rather shorter 

 and broader, 9th and 10th transversely rpiadrate yet only a trifle 

 broader, the 11th larger, Avith a narrow apical appendage; their struc- 

 ture, however, is not exactl}^ alike in all individuals. Legs simple. 



Underside rufo-castaneous, distinctly ])ul)escent. Head with a 

 brightly fringed lamina behind the middle, and a well-marked fovea 

 between each eye and the base. Ba.sal ventral segment concealed by 

 the femora, 2Md sli<;htly shorter than 3rd f)r 4th, the 5th hardly as 

 large as its predecessor; 6th broadly triangular, paler and longer than 



