176 Capt. T. Broun on new 
slightly narrowed; the sutural and intrahumeral strie are 
well marked, the surface is indistinctly punctate ; pubescence 
slender and elongate, but there are also some longer and 
coarser hairs on the sides. Hind body longer than the elytra, 
thickly pubescent; the basal segment with a transverse space 
covered with minute brassy sete or scales; third segment 
rather longer than the others. Legs simple. 
Underside. Head simple; third ventral segment large; no 
distinct sexual characters. 
A careful examination of the head will at once lead to its 
recognition. 
2. Length 1}, breadth quite } line. 
Mount Pirongia. One example, Dec. 1892. 
Sagola pertinax, sp. n. 
Rufescent, pubescence slender and elongate on the elytra, 
coarser on the hind body, which, besides, bears many long, 
erect hairs. 
Head almost as broad as the widest portion of the thorax, 
its hind angles obtuse; the frontal channel is broad, and 
extends nearly as far as the back part of the eyes, there two 
foveee behind. Thorax in shape and sculpture similar to that 
of S. major. Elytra oblong, slightly and gradually narrowed 
towards the base, hind angles rounded ; the sutural striz and 
intrahumeral impressions well marked, these latter divided 
into two parts. Hind body longer than the elytra, its basal 
segment with numerous minute brassy scales. 
Underside. Head, the space behind the mentum is broad 
and smooth, it is raised backwards, and its middle portion, 
though truncate behind, projects backwards; it is scantily 
ciliate; the side, behind the eye, is swollen, and has a large 
rounded depression. Metasternum convex. ‘The pubescence 
on the fifth and sixth segments of the abdomen is much more 
conspicuous than it is elsewhere. The legs exhibit no sexual 
characters. 
Like S. major, smaller, the legs and antenne more slender, 
the tibia very slightly curved, the underside of the head quite 
different. The beautiful, strongly curved, golden cilia seen 
on the lower part of the head in S. laminata is here absent. 
Length nearly 13, breadth quite } line. 
Ohaupo, Waikato, near Mr. Kusab’s saw-mill. Three ex- 
amples. A fourth, evidently a female, has the head more 
rounded behind, and the basa] dorsal segment bears only the 
ordinary pubescence, but I doubt whether it can be referred 
to this species. 
