508 Mr. D. Sharp's descriptions of new genera , 



short, with two small foveas on the vertex, and with a fine 

 channel separating the short flattened fi-ontal tubercles, 

 this channel expanding a little behind, so as to appear as 

 if it terminated in a very small fovea. Thorax subcor- 

 date, wath a large quadrate impression on the disc behind 

 the middle, and close to each hind angle of this a very 

 small fovea, and with a larger fovea on each side. Elytra 

 about one and a-half times as long as the thorax, a little 

 narrowed towards the shoulders, each with a sutural stria, 

 which towards the base is very deeply impressed, and 

 between this and the shoulder with a coarse elongate 

 impression ; this impression appears to be nearly divided 

 into two near its base. The hind body is broad and its 

 exposed portion is slightly longer than the elytra. 



Several specimens of this species have been sent me by 

 Mr. Edwards ; they come fi-om New Zealand. 



Sagola misella, n. sp. Obscure rufa, elytris san- 

 guineis ; antennis articuHs penultimis vix transversis ; 

 elytris abdomine multo brevioribus. Long. corp. 2i mm. 



Mas, a femina notis sexualibus externis vix distin- 

 guendus. 



This species is very closely allied to *S'. prisca, but is 

 readily distinguished therefrom, by its much shorter elytra 

 and metasternum ; its antenure are also more slender, and 

 their 5th joint is notably thinner : the hind body is broader 

 towards the extremity : and the remarkably conspicuous 

 male characters of S. prisca are in S. misella entirely 

 wanting. 



About two dozen specimens of this species have been 

 sent by Mr. Edwards from New Zealand. It is from a 

 dissected specimen of this species that the generic charac- 

 ters of the genus have been drawn. 



Sagola parva, n. sp. Corpore antice fortiter angustato. 

 Obscure rufa, elytris sanguineis ; antennis sat gracilibus, 

 articulis penultimis vix transversis; prothorace elongato, 

 latitudine fere longiore ; elytris abbreviatis, abdomine 

 multo brevioribus, prothorace vix longioribus. Long, 

 corp. 2^ mm. 



Very closely allied to S. misella, but with the head and 

 thorax narrower, and the elytra a little shorter than in 

 that species ; the antennte also are rather less developed 

 than in S. misella, being both a little shorter and more 

 slender. 



