288 COLEOPTEKA. 



$. Length, lu'iulv 2^ mm. ; hrerdth, '^ mm. 



Woodhill, Kaipara Railway. Found on the underside of a loo; nearlv 

 thirty years ago, and set aside in the hope of finding a male. The locality 

 has been " cleared " ; it is now smothered with pennyroyal {Hedeosoma), 

 a plant abhorred by native inserts, so it is probable that this useful beetle 

 has been e.xterminated. 



0})s. .\ deeoction of pennyroyal and some oily or resinous substance, 

 applied when warm, would, I believe, deter wood-borers, codlin-moth, and 

 other destructive ini--ects from dept siting their eggs on fruit-trees. 



3703. Sagola indiscreta sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, elongate, irregularly narrowed anteriorly, indistinctly 

 punctate, nitid ; light rufous, elytra, legs and antennae somewhat ful- 

 vescent, palpi and tarsi yellow : pubescence yellowish, slender and suberect. 



Head nearly as broad as thorax, gradually narrowed in front of the 

 moderately prominent eyes, straight behind these, with obtuse angles ; 

 antennal tubercles a little elevated, slightly separated in front, median 

 channel deep and moderately broad, nearly reaching the occiput, narrowed 

 there, basal foveae elongate. Thorax as long as broad, rounded and widest 

 before the middle, gradually narrowed behind ; basal fossa deep and sub- 

 rotundate, lateral foveae also deep, not prolonged beyond the middle, base 

 distinctly bipunctate. Elytra of equal length and breadth, a third longer 

 than thorax, somewhat narrowed before the middle : sutural striae deeper 

 and broader before the middle than behind, with a small basal puncture 

 near each, iutrahumeral striae deep, extending to the middle, each com- 

 posed of a basal puncture and elongate impression. Hind-body slightly 

 longer than elytra, basal segment not quite as broad as and rather shorter 

 than following ones, with minute, depressed grey scales, terminal segments 

 deflexed, only moderately narrow. 



Legs elongate, tibiae finely ciliate, and more slender near the extremity 

 than at the middle. 



Antennae quite a third longer than the head and tliorax, very gradually 

 and slightly thickened ; basal joint red, its length double the width, 2nd 

 oviform, hardly longer than broad, 3rd smallest, oviform, slightly longer 

 than broad, 4th and 5th oblong-oval, joints 6 to 8 slightly broader, laxly 

 articulated, 9tli and 10th subquadrate, broader than preceding ones, ter- 

 minal, conical, shorter than 9th and 10th together. 



Underside light chestnut-red, with elongate yellow pubescence. Head 

 with a dee]) curvate impression across it in front of the eyes. Ventral seg- 

 ments 2 4 gradually increase, 5th longer in the middle, much narrowed and 

 slightly rounded behind, 6th short and narrow, impressed along the middle, 

 7th short and broad. 



This comes near»S. reetipes, 1878, in Section V, but is rather larger, mani- 

 festly darker, with more elongate, differently formed antennae, nearly simi- 

 larlv shaped head, but the thorax is broader and the elytra are not oblong. 

 In 1878 the basal joint of the antennae is shorter, the 3rd is small and short, 

 joints 4 to 8 are distinctly narrowed apically. and the 9th and 10th are 

 transverse. *S'. ruslica differs in being smaller and darker, it has shorter 

 antennae, smaller occipital foveae, a rather narrower thorax with the basal 

 fossa subquadrate, &c. 



c^. Length, 2| mm. ; breadth, ?, mm. 



Howick, near Auckland. One in mv own collection, taken off the under- 

 side of a log in December. 1885. 



