JS'ew Zealand Pdelapliida?. G27 



quadrate ; basal punctures small and almost in contact with 

 the depression ; lateral fovere deep and reaching the middle. 

 Elytra oblong, a third longer than the thorax, gently nar- 

 rowed towards the base, witii well-marked simple sntural 

 stria?, the dorsal stria consisting of a distinctly separated basal 

 puncture and more elongate impression, which is quite short 

 on one elytron but longer on the other. Hind body as broad 

 and fully as long as the elytra, obliquely narrowed and 

 depressed towards the extremity, the first uncovered segment 

 evidently shorter than the second, which is hardly as long as 

 the third. 



An*eyincexsii\itx elongate and skiuler, longer than the head 

 and thorax, slightly incrassate from the fourth joint onwards, 

 with elongate pubescence ; basal joint twice as long as broad, 

 the second more than half the lengtji of the tirst, somewhat 

 obconical, third small and subglobular, joints 4-6 rather 

 longer than broad, the next two slightly broader, ninth and 

 tenth subquadrate, eleventh conical. 



The unusually pale colour is perhaps due to immaturity. 

 Although it should be placed in the same section of the genus 

 as S. prisca (247) and its allies, its small size renders its 

 separation from all of them a comparatively easy matter. 

 S. punctata (1880), formerly the smallest of the section, is 

 2^ mm. in length, its antenna?, though relatively shorter, are 

 considerably stouter, the tubercles are more prominent, its 

 head is punctate, and there is a distinct puncture alongside 

 each of the sutural strise. 



Length 1| ; breadth nearly ^ mm. 



Greymoutli. Found by Mr. R. Helms. A single example 

 in the British Museum from Dr. Sharp's collection is all I 

 have seen. 



3487. Sagola spiniventris, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrowed anteriorly, subdepressed, nitid ; head, 

 thorax, and base of elytra rufous, remainder of these last of 

 a paler red ; abdomen chestnut-red ; antennaj and legs rufo- 

 teslaceous ; tarsi and palpi flavescent ; pubescence yellowish, 

 elongate and suberect, thicker on the abdomen, 



head rather small, subovate, very slightly narrowed 

 behind the rather small moderately prominent eyes, with 

 obtuse hind angles ; antennal tubercles a little elevated ; 

 frontal channel large, oviform, almost reaching the base ; 

 occipital foveae very small. Thorax rather broader than the 

 head, very slightly longer than broad, moderately rounded 

 and widest near the middle ; median de[)ression moderately 



