OMALIDAE. 281 



3694. Omalissus scutosus sp. no v. Omalissus Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 1042. 



Elongate, subdepressed, almost parallel-sided, moderately nitid ; piceo- 

 castaneous, head and thorax darker, lateral margins of the latter and a 

 large indefinite space on each elytron obscurely rufescent ; mandibles, 

 antennae, and legs chestnut-red, tarsi flavescent ; thorax and elytra with 

 minute, slender, suberect greyish setae, the head and hind-body with 

 moderately elongate, decumbent greyish-yellow pubescence. 



Head as long as thorax but rather narrower, nearly sti'aiglit behind the 

 eyes, obliquely contracted anteriorly, forehead subtruncate and smootli, the 

 rest of the surface moderately finely, distantly, and irregularly punctured, 

 and with a pair of small shallow frontal impressions. Eyes quite lateral, 

 rather large, but not at all conspicuous. Thorax about a third broader than 

 long, a little rounded and depressed in front, gradually narrowed behind, 

 with rectangular posterior angles, base and apex subtruncate, with fine 

 lateral rims ; its punctation rather fine and distant on the middle, more 

 distinct near the sides. Scutellum moderately large, subtriangular, finely 

 punctate. Elytra sUghtly longer than broad, a third longer than the thorax, 

 apices truncate but with rounded outer angles ; there is a slight depression 

 near the scutellum, behind this the suture is somewhat elevated, their 

 sculpture is like that of the thorax but moi-e or less irregularly subseriate. 

 Hind-body as wide as the elytra but rather longer, finely but not closely 

 punctate, basal four segments broadly marginate, 2-5 slightly increase in 

 length, the 1st shorter, terminal sifiall, triangular, and much paler. 



Tibiae nearly straight, with external spiniform setae. 



Antennae rather short, very gi'adually incrassate, basal joint twice as 

 long as broad yet only slightly longer than the next, 3rd rather shorter, 4th 

 and 5th short and bead-like, joints 6-10 transversely quadrate, terminal 

 subovate, not as long as 9th and 10th combined. 



Labrum prominent, semicircularly emarginate. Mandibles broad near 

 the base, curved and acute at the extremity. 



Independently of minor details this species is at once separable from 

 0. castaneus, 1865, by its well-developed scutellum. 



Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. One, amongst a miscellaneous collection 

 from Messrs. T. Hall and L. Burrows, on the 13th April, 1913. 



Group Faronini. 



3695. Sagola socia sp. nov. Sar/oJa Sharp, M::-n. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 134. 



Elongate, subparallel, subdepressed, indistinctly punctate^ nitid ; 

 sparingly covered with greyish-yellow, slender and elongate, suberect setae, 

 more thickly on the hind-body ; light chestnut-red, legs and antennae paler, 

 tarsi and palpi fulvescent. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, genae nearly straight, with obtuse hind 

 angles ; frontal channel moderately broad, extending from back part of the 

 eyes but becoming narrow between the flattened antennal tubercles, occipital 

 foveae small but distinct. Eyes moderately large. Thorax of about equal 

 length and breadth, widest and rounded before the middle ; lateral and 

 median basal foveae subrotundate, basal margin bipunctate. Elvtra sub- 

 quadrate, hardly a third longer than thorax, a good deal narrowed before 

 the middle yet rather broader at the base than the thorax : sutural striae 

 moderatelv deep, intrahumeral imoressions irregular, the left not reaching 



