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ventral segments might lead to the supposition that the type is a female, 

 but the squamae on the first exposed dorsal segment show that it is a male. 



cj. Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Moa Ba'sin ; 20th October, 1913. Another unique, found by Mr. T. Hall. 



3996. Sagola strialis sp, nov. 



Elongate, rather narrow, nitid ; light rufous, abdomen somewhat casta- 

 neous, antennae and legs rather paler, tarsi and palpi yellow ; pubescence 

 vellow, elongate and suberect. 



Head subovate, rather shorter than thorax but nearly as broad,, gradu- 

 ally narrowed behind the moderately prominent eyes, with obtuse hinc^ 

 angles ; frontal channel deep, only moderately broad, extending to behind 

 the back part of the eyes, much narrower between the almost fiat tubercles, 

 occipital foveae free, punctiform and small ; the neck finely bipunctate. 

 Thorax cordate, widest before the middle, a little longer than broad ; 

 median fovea rotundate, basal punctures free, lateral foveae deep, hardly 

 reaching the middle. Elytra a third longer and broader than thorax, sub- 

 oblong, gently narrowed towards the base, the suture minutely punctured ; 

 sutural striae broad and deep, the dorsal apparently entire, or with a small 

 ba.sal puncture, they are rather broad and deep at the base, prolonged to 

 beyond the middle and become narrow and shallow behind ; near the side 

 of each elytron there is another but less distinct stria which does not reach 

 either base or apex. Hind-body fully a third longer than elytra, third 

 segment rather longer and broader than the others, fourth and fifth con- 

 siderably narrowed posteriorly and only slightly deflexed. 



Antennae moderately slender, longer than the head and thorax ; basal 

 joint cylindric, nearly as long as the following three combined, second 

 stout, suboblong-oval, third evidently smaller, fourth and fifth similar to 

 the second but not quite as thick, joints 6-8 narrowed apically, ninth and 

 tenth transverse, broader than preceding ones, eleventh normal. 



Underside distinctly pubescent behind. Head flat behind the eyes, 

 thinly fringed at the base. Ventral segments 2-4 increase, fifth shorter 

 than fourth, sixth still shorter and narrower, seventh semicircular. 



The presence of supplementary outer striae, and the unusually elongate 

 dorsal ones, form, in combination, a sufficiently definite character for the 

 separation of this species from all but M. Raffi-ay's S. frontalis (Eevue 

 d'Entom., Jan., 1903, p. 23). His species is not represented in my collec- 

 tion, but the description shows that the head and antennae are materially 

 different. 



(^. Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, quite | mm. 



Moa Hill, Canterbury ; elevation 4,000 ft. Found by Mr. T. Hall on 

 the 20th November, 1913 — a single male. 



3997. Sagola rectipennis sp. nov. 



Narrow, elongate, nitid, elytra and abdomen straight-sided ; rufous, 

 hind-body more infuscate, antennae and legs light chestnut-red, palpi and 

 tarsi yellow ; pubescence yellow, elongate and suberect, longer and more 

 erect behind. 



Head shorter than thorax, obliquely narrowed in front of the large eyes, 

 very slightly narrowed behind them, with obtuse hind angles, distantly 

 and finely punctate ; frontal channel oblong, deep, extending nearly as far 

 as the back part of the eyes, and prolonged forwards so that the nearly 



