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whole width, this, however, is divided by a central carina. Metasternum 

 rather short and convex. Ventral segments 2-4 subequal, fifth nearly as 

 long, slightly and widely emarginate, sixth slightly longer, deeply emar- 

 pinate ; seventh large, broadly oval, convex, the operculum elongate and 

 smooth, in marked contrast to the finely and moderately closely punctured 

 penultimate and terminal segments. This agrees better with Section IX 

 than IT. 



(J. Length, 3^ mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Waitakerei Reservoir, near Auckland ; 2r)th October, 1914. A single 

 individual found by Mr. A. E. Brookes under fnllen timlier. 



4000. Sagola foveiventris sp. nov. 



Nitid, elongate, elytra and abdomen subparallel, the former only 

 slightly narrowed towards the base ; rufous, elytra a little lighter, hind- 

 body, legs, and antennae castaneo-rufous, palpi more flavescent than the 

 tarsi ; pubescence elongate, slender, yellow, suberect behind. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, slightly narrowed, with obtuse angles, 

 l)ehind the prominent eyes, more distinctly narrowed in front ; frontal 

 channel subquadrate, not very large, hardly extending as far back as the 

 eyes, prolonged as a distinct but not broad groove between the almost plane 

 tubercles, occipital foveae free, well marked and rather elongate. Thorax 

 cordate, slightly longer than broad, widest just before the middle ; lateral 

 foveae deep, hardly reaching the middle, the median one moderately large, 

 subrotundate, basal punctures free. Elytra slightly longer than broad, 

 a third larger than thorax ; sutural striae deep and simple, the dorsal 

 scarcely reach the middle and are formed of a basal puncture and elongate 

 impression. Hind-body a third longer than the elytra, similarly finely 

 and indistinctly punctate, fourth and fifth deflexed and, together, obtusely 

 triangular, the basal with minute brassy scales, slightly shorter than the 

 following ones. Legs slender and elongate, tibiae straight. 



Antennae quite as long as head and thorax ; basal joint not twice as 

 long as the suboblong second which is a little narrowed at the base, the 

 next nearly as long but narrower and contracted at the base and apex ;. 

 fourth distinctly narrowed towards the apex, joints 5-7 of similar form 

 bat rather broader, 8-10 subquadrate, the terminal normal. 



Underside finely and distantly punctate, castaneo-rufous, pubescent. 

 Head with a broad interocular groove. Ventral segments 2-5 subequal : 

 fourth and fifth on the middle, at the extremity, closely and very distinctly 

 punctate, in some aspects appearing minutely granulate ; sixth evidently 

 shorter, foveate and closely punctate in the middle, the sides of th'- fovea 

 obtusely raised but not definitely tuberculate ; seventh slightly longer, 

 i^btusely triangular, the 0])erculum oblique. 



The remarkable sculpture of the ventral segments is distinctive and 

 exactly alike in both specimens, but in the reversed one the fourth antennal 

 joint is much less narrowed towards the apex, the fifth nevertheless is 

 broader at the base. It belongs to Section X. 



<^. Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



HcUyford, north of Lake Wakatipu. Two males secured by Mr. T. Hall 

 on the 19th February. 1914. 



4001. Sagola striatifrons sp. nov. 



Nitid, elongate, rather narrow, of interrupted outline ; pubescence sub- 

 depressed, elongate, fulvescent, more slender on the head and thorax ; 



