502 COLEOPTERA. 



and tho following one. Its principal peculiarity is the short, transversely 

 quadrate median fovea of the thorax. The basal antennal 'joint is rather 

 long, and the head is subovate. 



o*. Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Ronteburn ; 16th February, 1914. One, found by Mr. T. Hall. 



4015. Sagola arboricola sp. nov. 



Nitid, elongate, irregularly narrowed anteriorly ; rufous, hind-body 

 castaneous, antennae and legs light chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi fusco- 

 testaceous, these last rather darker ; pubescence yellow, elongate and 

 suberect. 



Head almost obcordate, gradually narrowed anteriorly, almost as long 

 Jjut scarcely as broad as the thorax, with obtuse hind angles ; eyes rather 

 small and only slightly prominent ; frontal channel deep, not extending 

 as far back as the eyes, moderatel)^ broad, somewhat narrowed between the 

 slightly raised tubercles, these do not touch at the extremity ; occipital foveae 

 free, very small and punctiform. Thorax oviform, slightly longer than broad, 

 widest at the middle ; lateral foveae deep, hardly reaching the middle, 

 the median rotundate, rather small and not in contact with the small basal 

 punctures. Elytra of nearly equal length and breadth, a third longer than 

 thorax, distinctly narrowed towards the base, indistinctly punctate ; sutural 

 striae deep, the dorsal tripunctate and attaining the middle. Hind-body 

 slightly longer than elytra, first segment shorter than second or third, 

 remaining ones deflexed and, together, subtriangular. Legs simple, mode- 

 rately elongate and slender. 



Antennae as long as head and thorax, moderately slender ; basal joint 

 not double the length of the thick obconical second, the next similar in form 

 but evidently smaller, fourth and fifth almost oblong-oval, eighth rather 

 smaller than sixth or seventh, ninth and tenth transversely quadrate, eleventh 

 subconical. 



Fern. — Underside of head with a transverse groove in front and a broad 

 basal depression. Prosternum truncate in front. Ventral segments 3-5 

 subequal, sixth large, obtusely triangular. 



In a second female the head and thorax are darker, the frontal channel 

 is rather broader and extends as far back as the eyes, and the occipital foveae 

 are well marked ; the dorsal striae of the elytra also differ, being only 

 bipunctate. 



The oviform thorax shows that this belongs to Section XIV. It is, 

 however, altogether different from S. rufescens and S. rectipennis, and 

 almost equally so from the North Island exponents of the section. 



9. Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Hollyford ; 19th February, 1914. Taken off standing moss-covered 

 trees, along with other species, at a height of 3,500 ft. 



4016. Sagola remixta sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately robust, elytra and hind-body subparallel, shining ; 

 head and thorax somewhat fusco-rufous, hind-body castaneous, elytra 

 chestnut-red, legs and antennae rather paler than elytra, palpi and tarsi 

 testaceous ; pubescence yellowish, slender, elongate and suberect. 



Head almost as large as thorax, obliquely narrowed anteriorly, genae 

 nearly straight and as wide as the moderately large, slightly prominent 

 eyes, with rounded hind angles ; frontal channel extending quite as far 



