Species 0/ PselapliidEe /r(?m Neio Zealand. 499 



Altliough the structure of tlie terminal ventral segments 

 cannot be accurately determined, tlie presence of minute 

 brassy squama on the first visible dorsal segment is an 

 indication of the male sex. 



No other recorded species resembles this, which, on account 

 of the elongate thorax, oblong elytra, and short antenna?, 

 must be placed in a separate section of the genus. 



Lengtli 2 ; breadth ^ mm. 



Mahuia, near Mount Ruapehu. One individual picked 

 out of leaf-mould which was collected for me by Mr. W. J. 

 Guinness in January 1911. 



3370. Sagola puncticoUis, sp. n. 



Slender, subdepressed, subparallel, shining; pubescence 

 distinct, yellowish grey, mostly suberect; castaneo-rufous, 

 legs and antennae fusco-fulvous, tarsi and palpi testaceous. 



Head moderately convex, nearly as large as the thorax, 

 very slightly narrowed behind the eyes, with oblique angles ; 

 antennal tubercles rather small, ver}' slightly elevated, dis- 

 tinctly but not widely separated in front ; frontal channel 

 moderately broad, not very deep, and not extending beyond 

 the eyes, occipital fovese distinct, not reaching the base. 

 Thorax rather longer than broad, oviform, widest near the 

 middle, smooth in front, the disc distinctly punctate; median 

 depression subangulate, of moderate size, with a short linear 

 impression proceeding from it towards the front, basal fovese 

 punctiform and small, the lateral fovese rather small, hardly 

 extending forwards to the middle. Elytra flat, a third longer 

 than the thorax, slightly longer than broad, subparallel, 

 indefinitely punctate ; sutural striaj well marked, pluri- 

 punctate near the base, with a small basal puncture alongside 

 each of them ; dorsal strise divided, consisting of a basal 

 puncture and an elongate impression which is prolonged 

 beyond the middle. Hind body a third longer than the 

 elytra, its first exposed segment rather shorter than the next, 

 the fourth rather longer than the third. 



Tihice slightly curved and expanded below the middle. 



Antennce as long as the head and thorax, bearing elongate 

 pubescence; basal joint stout, not twice as long as broad, 

 second not as thick as the first, as long as it is broad, with a 

 short basal stalk, third similar but much smaller ; joints 4-8 

 submoniliform, each, however, successively more distinctly 

 contracted near the apex, ninth and tenth transverse, rather 

 broader than the preceding ones, the terminal double the 

 length of the penultimate. 



A peculiar species having the basal joint of the antennae 



