494 Major T. Broun on neiu 



I thought this might be the female of 8. laficeps, but after 

 careful scrutiny it proves to be of the opposite sex and 

 referable to a different section of the genus. 



3365. Sagola cognata, sp. n. 



Subdepressed, rather narrow, shining ; light chestnut-red, 

 elytra and legs a little paler, tarsi and palpi testaceous ; 

 pubescence greyish, rather thin. 



Head scarcely as large as the thorax, nearly straight 

 behind the eyes, with obtuse angles ; frontal channel deep, 

 only moderately broad, a little narrowed behind and prolonged 

 nearly to the base, occipital fovcse small. Thorax subcordate, 

 of about equal length and breadth, widest and somewhat 

 incrassate at the middle ; median depression large, deep, and 

 subquadrate, basal fovete punctiform and small, lateral fovese 

 comparatively small, with a well-marked groove proceeding 

 from each nearly to the front. Elytra almost flat, rather 

 longer than broad, moderately narrowed before the middle, a 

 third longer than the thoiax ; sutural strife deep, indistinctly 

 punctate near the base, with a distinct basal puncture near 

 each, dorsal strise well marked, quadripunctate,and extending 

 backwards as far as the middle ; their surface not perfectly 

 smooth but without definite punctation. Hind hody a third 

 longer than the elytra, minutely punctured ; the third visible 

 segment rather longer than the second, which is distinctly 

 longer than the first ; the fourth and fifth, together, sub- 

 triangular, nearly horizontal, and paler than the others. 

 Tibire slightly curved externally, tarsi moderately short. 

 Anlennge not longer than the head and thorax, with 

 elongate slender hairs ; basal joint red, thick, twice as long 

 as broad ; second also stout, subglobular, as is the small third ; 

 fourth slightly longer than broad, oviform ; fifth and sixth 

 loosely articulated, slightly dilated and widest in the middle ; 

 seventh and eighth nearly similar but shorter; ninth and 

 tenth rather broader, quite transverse ; eleventh rather longer 

 than the penultimate. 



Underside pubescent. Head with a transverse depression 

 in the middle. Sixth ventral segment simple. 



Most nearly related to S. hrevitarsis, 1579, but in it the 

 third antennal joint is almost obconical and nearly as long 

 as the fourth, which latter is hardly half as broad in front as 

 it is at the base, the head is rather broader, and the thorax 

 is wider before the middle, &c. 

 cJ. Length 2^; breadth ^ mm. 



Tairua. A single female found on the underside of a log 

 about thirty-six years ago. 



