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3520. Sagola dilucida sp, nov. 



Shining, elongate, thinly clothed with pale-yellow, depressed, elongate 

 pubescence, the hind-body and sides of elytra with longer erect hairs; 

 fiilvous, head and thorax more nifescent, legs and palpi yellow. 



Head nearly as large as the thorax, slightly curvedly narrowed behind 

 the moderately large and prominent eyes; antennal tubercles moderately 

 elevated, the frontal cliannel obhmg, extending as far as the middle of 

 the eyes, occipital foveae well marked and puuctiform, hind angles 

 obtuse, not at all prominent. Thorax suboviform, rounded and widest 

 just at or before the middle, of about equal length and breadth; discal 

 dei)ression angulate in front, basal punctures small, the lateral foveae 

 prolonged forwards to the middle. Elytra sul)([uadrate, slightly longer 

 than bruad, slightly narrowed towards the base, a third longer than, 

 and nearly twice as broad as, the thorax, very slightly depressed before 

 the middle; sutural striae distinct, minutely pluripunctate near the 

 base, the dorsal rather short, each consisting of a basal puncture and 

 longer impression. Hind-body as broad as the elytra, slightly longer, 

 its uncovered segments slightly increase in length, tlie basal shortest. 



Legs of moderate length; tibiae gradually dilated, the posterior 

 with a short jirocess at the inner extremity, directed backwards yet 

 hardly projecting beyond the apex. 



Antennae as long as the head and thorax, with slender hairs, 

 gradually yet very distinctly incrassate from the 4th joint onwards; 

 basal joint quite red, finely punctate, twice as long as broad, 2nd half 

 as long, not as thick, subovate, 3rd smaller, subrotundate; joints 4-6 

 rather broader than long, subglobular, 7th and 8th rather broader, 9th 

 and 10th strongly transverse, the terminal larger, with, in addition, a 

 distinct aj^ical appendage. 



Underside sparsely punctate, with decumbent greyish pubescence. 

 Metastcinum elongirte, longitudinall}^ impressed behind; 2nd ventral 

 segment slightly sliorter than tlie 3rd, 5th rather longer than 4th, the 

 6th l)roadly rounded behind, its centi-al portion oviform and somewhat 

 prominent or convex near the apex. 



S. giiinnessi, 3373, is the nearest species, but it is rather larger. Its 

 frontal channel is i-emarkably short, hardly extending to the front of 

 the eyes, the occipital foveae are more approximated, it has a basal 

 punctui-e alongside each of the sutural striae, and the antennae are 

 longer and less expanded near the extremity. 



(S- Length, 2 nmi. ; breadtli, |^mm. 



Epsom, base of Mount Eden. A single male is all that I could find 

 d;iring four visits; January, 1912. 



3521. Sagola insueta sp. nov. 



Elongate, subdepressed, shining, indistinctly punctate; light rufous, 

 legs and antennae a little paler, tarsi fulvescent, liind-body fusco-rufous; 

 pubescence yellowish, coarser on the abdomen, whioli, as well as the 

 elytra, bears also long erect setae. 



Head about as large as the thorax, slightly roimded behind the mode- 

 rately large and i)rominent eyes, with obtuse hind angles; antennal 

 tubercles slightly elevated, frontal channel oblong and extending to 

 behind the eyes, occipital foveae well marked and punctiform. Thorax 

 widest at or just l)efore tlie middle, discal depression moderate, sub- 

 rotundate, basal punctures small but distinct, lateral foveae moderate, 

 hardlv extending forwards as far as the mid<lle ; it is rather lonser than 



