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3827. Sagola dickensis sp. nov. 



Shining, dark rufous, legs and antennae light cliestmit-rcd, tar.si and 

 })alpi fulvescent ; pubescence yellow, slender and elongate, .suhereet. 



This most nearly resembles S. anisarthm (1884), belonging to section vi. 



Head nearly .straiglit behind tlie modeiately ])roniinent eyes, obliquely 

 narrowed in front, and, like the thorax, similarly sculptured. Elytra rather 

 longer than broad, slightly narrowed near the base, almo.st plane ; sutural 

 .striae deep, usually bipunctate near each at the base ; the dorsal striae 

 <omposed of 2 ba.sal punctures and a longer impression whicli liardly reaches 

 the middle. Hind-body .slightly longer and broader than elytra, 1st visible 

 segment rather shortei- than 2nd oi' 3rd. with minute bra.ssy scales across 

 its base. 



Underside with di.stinet yellow pubcscetK c. Head with a traii.sver.se 

 groove in front of the eyes. Meta.sternuin convt-x in fiont. with an elon- 

 gate fovea behind the middle. Ventral segments 3rd and 4th with an 

 oviform impression along the centre, neither distinctly longer than the 

 2nd, 5th shorter, 6th also short, dee])ly emarginate in the middle, 7th 

 obtusely triangular, its operculum narrow and convex. In the unique 

 specimen of 1884, found neai' the lighthou.se at ]\l()eraki. the (»])eiculum is 

 flat and subrotundate. 



(J. Length, 2i mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Mount Dick, near Kingston. Eight examples found by Mr. T. Hall on 

 the 10th March. 1914, amongst decaying leaves, at a height of 1,050 ft. 



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 .3828. Sagola robustula sp. nov. 



Robust, subdepressed, nitid, elytra and hind-body subparallel ; head 

 and thorax rufous, elytra of a lighter red. antennae and hind-body fusco- 

 rufous, legs paler, tarsi and palpi flavescent ; pubescence yellow, slender 

 and elongate, subdepressed, but with longer erect hairs behind. 



Head broad, not narrowed behind the moderately large eyes, its obtuse 

 hind angles not perceptibly narrower than the middle of thorax ; frontal 

 channel deep, extending as far back as the eyes, Jiarrowed towards both 

 extremities, antennal tubercles, .slightly elevated, finely punctate, obliquely 

 truncate and only slightly separated in front, the occi])ital foveae distant, 

 elongate and .siibangular. Thorax cordate, of about equal length and 

 breadth, median fovea large and subquadrate. those at the .sides also deep 

 but not prolonged beyond the middle, the base finely bipunctate. Elytra 

 a little depressed before the middle, rather longer than broad, slightly 

 narrowed towards the base, apparently .smooth ; .sutural striae deep, with 

 a moderately elongate basal impression alongside each, the dorsal consist 

 of a basal puncture and elongate impression not prolonged as far as 

 the middle. Hind-body as long as elytra, .segments 2-i .subequal. 5th 

 narrow and deflexed. the true 2nd with minute bra.ssy .scales. 



Underside chestnut-red. finely pubescent. Head with a broad angular, 

 somewhat T-shaped impression acio.ss the middle behind the eyes, its thick 

 margins oblique but in the middle truncate behind. Ventral segments 2-4 

 subequal, oth nearly as long as 4th, 6th transversely impressed, narrowed 

 behind. 7th disorganized by breaking of? the protruding genital organs. 



Antennae .stout, basal joint rufous and finely punctate, barely twice as 

 long as broad, the next as thick but shorter, 3rd obconic.al. not very much 

 smaller than adjoining ones ; joints 4-6 nuniiUform and of about equal 



