626 Major T. Broun on some 



foveas deep, prolonged forwards to tlie middle. Elytra 

 oblong, a tliird longer than broad, longer tlian the thorax, 

 not perceptibly depressed near the base ; sutural striae ratlier 

 narrow, tiiiely pluripunctate, and with a basal puncture 

 alongside each ; dorsal strire not extending as far back as the 

 middle, eacli distinctly divided, tJie basal portion punctiform. 

 Hind body rather longer but not broader tlian the wing-cases, 

 somewhat transversely convex, its segments gradually in- 

 creasing in length, the fourth longer and paler than the 

 preceding one, the small fifth conical and quite exposed ; 

 the first visible segment, besides the longer pubescence, 

 bears numerous minute brassy setse, and, though its apex is 

 truncate, its sides as well as the thick lateral margins are 

 obtusely prolonged. 



Anttnnce nearly as long as the head and thorax, their last 

 four joints rather broader than the preceding ones; basal 

 joint red, thick, almost twice as long as broad, second slightly 

 longer than broad, third globular, much smaller than the 

 adjacent ones, fourth and fifth globular and equal, sixth and 

 .seventh very slightly broader, both narrowed in front, joints 

 8-10 transverse, the terminal one large, conical, its apical 

 appendage distinct. 



This, as regards the elytra, agrees very well with M. Raf- 

 fiay's description of S. hrevicornis, but the hind angles of 

 the head and the shape of the thorax must be very dilTerent. 

 Unfortunately I have not seen his species, which 1 think is 

 referable to another section. Although this is placed in the 

 same section as S. guinneisi, it does not accord with any of 

 its members. 



Length 2^ ; breadth barely ^ mm. 



Auckland, Found by Mr. T. Lawson about forty years 

 ago. One from Dr. Sharp's collection, British Museum. 



3486. Sagola pallidula, sp. n. 



Nitid, wholly testaceous ; pubescence elongate, greyish 

 yellow, suberect, thicker on the abdomen, with very few long 

 hairs. 



Head rather shorter than the thorax, slightly narrowed 

 behind the moderately large eyes, with obtuse hind angles ; 

 antennal tubercles a little elevated and almost contiguous at 

 the apex, frontal channel moderately broad and deep, very 

 gradually expanded backwards and extending as far as the 

 back of the eyes; occipital fovese distinct. Thorax sub- 

 cordate, widest and rounded before the middle, of about equal 

 length and breadth ; discal depression moderately large, sub- 



