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riidersidr castaiicii-i-iit'ims, witli distinct ycllowisli pubescence. Meta- 

 steniuin ^vitll' a narrow angular fovea beliiutl. Venti-al segirients 2-4 

 almost t'(]ual, latlier l)i-oad, .Ith rather shortei-, depressed and slightly 

 incurved I)eliind, (Jth rathei sliorter and slightly eniarginate, the supj^le- 

 mentar\- shoit l)ut quite detinite, oljtusely triangular and convex. 



In >'. //isii(/a the head is broader, the eyes though laiger are less 

 conve.v, the sculpture, of tlie wing-cases particularly, is <lifferent, and the 

 antennae aie longer and do not accord structurally. 



^. Length, 2i nini. ; l)readth, § mm. 



Itakaia (lorge, near Methven. .Mr. T. Hall si'ut me two examples, 

 found amongst le.if-mould on the ."')th June, 1912. 



3523. Sagola fuscipalpis sp. nov. 



Elongate, subdepressed, nitid. dark fusco-rufous, elytra chestnut-red, 

 the femora, middle of tibiae, and the palpi more or less infuscate, tarsi 

 f ulvescent ; pulxsuence yellowish, elongate, suberect, mingled with longer 

 erect hairs behind. 



Head ratlier smaller than the thorax, slightly nariowed beliind, with 

 obtuse angles; antennal tubercles nearly Hat, separated l)y a narrow 

 groove, frontal channel oblong, extending as far as the back of the 

 eyes, occipital foveae distinct. Eyes moderate. Thorax about as long 

 as broad, moderately rounded and widest at or just before the middle; 

 discal depression subquadrate or rotundate, not sharply defined, basal 

 punctures small, lateral foveae deep, not prolonged as far as the middle. 

 I'^lytra oblong, a third longer than the thorax, sliglitly narrowed near 

 the base, nearly ])lane ab:ive ; they are obsoletely punctured, the sutural 

 striae are well marked, the dorsal are formed of a basal puneture and 

 elongate impression and are about lu\lf the whole length. Hind-body of 

 tlie same width as tlie elytra but slightly longer, 1st exposed segment a 

 little shorter than tlie following ones, with some minute brassy scales, 

 the terminal ones dctk'xcd. 



Antennae as long as the liead and thorax, latlier thiclv, gradually 

 incrassate, with elongate pubescence, joints 7-11, in addition thereto, 

 are thickly studded with minute l)rassy setae; basal joint thick, red, 

 twice as long as l)]-oad, 2nd as thick, nearly half as long, a little 

 narrowed at the l)ase, the next snuiller than continguous ones yet not 

 very small; joints 4-6 (juite as Inroad as the 2nd but shorter, 7-10 

 transversely (juadrate, the terminal conical, longer but not broader than 

 preceding ones, l)ut witliotit any definite apical appendage. 



Underside chestnut-red, the coxae paler, with elongate yellowish 

 pubescence, the terminal segment with very long, slender, erect setae. 

 Metasternum convex ; 3rd and 4th segments larger than the 2nd, oth 

 as long as 4th at the sides, Avidely eniarginate behind, 6th broadly 

 sinuate near each side of the apex, the supplementary obtusely triangulai-. 



Referable to the same section as S. miseUa and its allies, but witli 

 a narrower head, and thick, short antennae. It is distinguishable frc^ii 

 North Island species by the infuscate legs and palpi, and the peculiar 

 vestiture of the last five joints of the antennae. 



(J. Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, fully \ mm. 



Mount Hutt, near .Mothvrn. Tliree examples discovi-red bv Mr. 'J\ 

 Hall, on the 12th Apiil, lf)12, amongst decaying leaves on the ground. 



