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Head almost as broad as thorax, feebly rounded but not narrowed belii;id 

 the moderately prominent eyes ; frontal channel deep, extending beyond 

 the back of the eyes, much narrowed there, less so in front, occipital foveae 

 elongate ; antennal tubercles somewhat elevated, contiguous in front, dis- 

 tinctly separated behind, with a few fine punctures. Thorax widest and 

 rounded before the middle, much narrowed behind ; basal median fossa 

 subquadrate, base finely bipunctate, lateral foveae deep and prolonged to 

 the middle. Elytra of equal length and breadth, a good deal narrowed 

 towards the base, slightly longer than thoi-ax ; sutural striae deep, apparently 

 bipunctate at base, the suture minutely pluripunctate, intrahumeral striae 

 composed of a basal puncture and elongate impression hardly extending as 

 far as the middle, there is no basal puncture between these and the sutural 

 striae. Hind-body twice as long as elytra, basal three segments subequal, 

 the broad margins of the 1st and 2nd distinctly incrassate and somewhat 

 prominent towards the extremity, the terminal quite unfolded, nearly 

 horizontal and obtusely triangular. 



Legs elongate and slender, tibiae distinctly pubescent, a little arched 

 externally below the middle. 



Antennae a third longer than head and thorax, moderately slendei-, 

 2nd joint oblong-oval, evidently shorter than the basal, 3rd narrower than 

 adjacent ones, obconical, distinctly longer than broad ; joints 4 and 5 oblong- 

 oval but shorter than 2nd, 6th and 7th rather shorter, the latter a little 

 broader than 6th and narrowed apically ; 8th and 9th almost transversely 

 quadrate yet hardly as broad as 10th, 11th conical, larger than the pen- 

 ultimate. 



Underside rather densely and evenly pubescent. Head with a deep 

 interocular depression. Metasternurn convex, very short in comparison 

 with the abdomen. Basal ventral segment quite concealed, 2nd to 4th 

 large, with deep sutures, somewhat convex, 5th rather shorter, 6th obtusely 

 triangular. 



The form of the head comes within the definition of iS'iCtion V, but none 

 of its members agree with it. The unique male of (S'. laticeps, 3362, from 

 Greymouth, belonging to Section III, more nearly resembles it in general 

 appearance, but the shape of the head and zigzag outline of the basal dor-sal 

 segments are entirely dissimilar. 



$. Length, 2J mm. ; breadth. | mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. One, found on the 4th May, 1912, by 

 Mr. T. Hall, but held in reserve, hoping that the male might be found. 



3700. Sagola rustica .sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, elongate, not parallel, nitid ; rather thickly clothed, 

 except the head and thorax, with elorigate yellow pubescence and long 

 upright setae ; castaneo-rufous, legs and antennae much paler, tarsi and 

 palpi yellow. 



Head only very slightly narrowed behind the moderatelv prominent 

 eyes, with obtu.se angles, almost as broad as thorax : frontal channel broad 

 and deep, extending to beyond the back of the eyes, much narrower between 

 the somewhat elevated antennal tubercles, occiput rather finelv vet dis- 

 tinctly bipunctate. Thorax about as long as broad, widest and rounded 

 before the middle ; basal median fossa deep and subquadrate, base bipunc- 

 tate, lateral fovae deep and prolonged to the middle. Elytra of equal length 

 and breadth, nearly a third longer than thorax, with slightly rounded hind 



