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different. It also resembles the rather larger S. rohustula (3828), near which 

 it should be placed in Section III after *S'. major (246). 



S- Length, 2| mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Mistake Basin, Canterbury. Found bv Mr. T. Hall on the 9th October, 

 1913. 



4007. Sagola fasciculata sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately narrow, shining ; rufous, legs and antennae light 

 chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi yellow ; pubescence, yellowish, elongate, slender 

 and suberect. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, curvedly narrowed behind the mode- 

 rately prominent eyes, posterior angles obsolete ; frontal channel deep, 

 extending further than the back of the eyes, moderately broad, much 

 narrower between the slightly raised tubercles, occipital foveae free, i^uncti- 

 form. Thorax cordate, rather longer than broad, widest before the middle ; 

 lateral fovea deep, hardly attaining the middle, the median one sub- 

 rotundate but almost uniting with the basal punctures. Elytra oblong, a 

 third longer than thorax, slightly narrowed towards the base, irregularly 

 and finely punctate ; sutural striae deeper and broader near the base than 

 elsewhere, the dorsal hardly reach the middle and are formed of a basal 

 puncture and elongate impression. Hind-body as long as elytra, a little 

 narrower at the base, third segment slightly larger than second, the first 

 with minute brassy scales, fourth and fifth deflexed and, together, obtusely 

 triangular. Legs simple. 



Antennae rather longer than head and thorax, moderately slender ; 

 basal joint rufous, its length fully double the width, second oviform, stout, 

 scarcely longer than broad, third similar but considerably smaller ; joints 

 4-7 differ but little, more or less narrowed apically, eighth slightly shorter 

 and broader but not qmte as broad as the transverse ninth and tenth, 

 eleventh subconical. 



Fern. — Head rather less curved behind, elytra a little shorter. 



Underside chestnut-red, with distinct pubescence. Head with a deep 

 punctiform depression at each side of the base of the mentum ; the part 

 between the eyes on a slightly higher level than the sides, broadly rounded 

 behind and bearing conspicuous, bushy, yellow pubescence behind. Ab- 

 domen finely punctate, segments 2-4 increase ; fifth shorter, widely emar- 

 ginate, sixth about as long, seventh short, obtusely triangular. 



Rather more slender than other members of Section IX, the head less 

 strongly curved behind, and brightly fasciculate underneath. 



(J. Length, 2\ mm. ; breadth, quite | mm. 



Glenhope, near Nelson. One pair discovered by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 20th December, 1914, and another male on the 20th February, 1915. In 

 another variety the thorax is as broad as long, but the elytra are rather 

 longer. 



4008. Sagola minuscula sp. nov. 



Xitid, elongate ; rufous, antennae and legs light chestnut-red, palpi 

 and tarsi yellow ; with subdepressed, elongate, yellowish pubescence. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, obliquely narrowed in front of the 

 moderately prominent eyes, not distinctly narrowed behind them but \s-ith 

 rounded hind angles ; frontal channel extending as far back as the eyes, 

 rather deep and broad but becoming a little narrower between the slightly 

 raised tubercles ; occipital foveae punctiform, free. Thorax of about equal 



