490 Major T. Broun o?i new 



elytra, tlie third visible segment sliglitlj longer, but not 

 broader, than the second, the first shorter and without minute 

 scales, terminal segments somewhat deflexed and, together, 

 broadly subtrianguhir. 



Tthice finely pubescent, the intermediate and posterior 

 rather more dilated and arched externally, below the middle, 

 than the anterior. 



Antennce stout, rather longer than the head and thorax, 

 with outstanding greyish hairs ; basal joint distinctly 

 punctate, rufous, longer than the second and third, the 

 former thick, longer than broad, but not globnlar, the latter 

 small, yet longer than broad, somewhat obconical ; joints 

 4-6 oblong and nearly equal, seventh and eighth rather 

 shorter; ninth and tenth transverse, broader than preceding 

 ones, eleventh a little longer than the penultimate. 



Underside finely pubescent. Head with a large, sub- 

 quadrate, central cavity. Abdomen finely punctate, fifth 

 segment shorter than the fourtii, the sixth in the middle, 

 rather longer than fifth, strongly rounded, finely margined, 

 and slightly depressed behind, the terminal semicircular, 

 with thick margins. 



In 8. misella, 248, the head is hardly at all narrowed 

 behind the eyes, and it is much less convex than that of 

 ;S'. puncticeps. The female of S. prisca may be distinguished 

 b}'' its longer elytra and subglobular second joint of the 

 antenna^. Both of these belong to another section of the 

 genus, S. puncticeps being placed near 8. dupUcata, 1581. 



Length 2| ; bread tii f mm. 



Tairua, Auckland. My specimen was found on the under- 

 side of a log during 1875, and had been set aside as a 

 variety of 8. misella, a species I had not seen and whici), 

 most likely, had been found by Mr. Edwards at Hokitika. 



3362. Sagola laticeps, sp. n. 



Nitid, dark fusco-rufous, elytra light sanguineous, legs 

 pale infuscate, tarsi and palpi yellow, anteniije rufescent ; 

 pubescence suberect, elongate and conspicuous on the elytra 

 and abdomen, more slender elsewhere, yellowish. 



Head snbtrigonal, as broad behind as the widest part of 

 the thorax, with slightly prominent eyes, its hind angles 

 obtuse ; frontal channel only moderately deep, slightly 

 medially angulate, with an indistinct slender stria proceeding 

 backwards from it, occipital fovese distinct, antennal tubercles 

 a little elevated in front ; the sides, behind the eyes, with 

 greyish cilia. Thorax subcordate, widest and strongly 



