490 COLEOPTERA. 



plane tubercles appear widely separated, occipital foveae distinct, free. 

 Thorax suboviform, rather longer than broad, widest at or just before the 

 middle, indistinctly punctate ; lateral foveae deep, not extending beyond 

 the middle, the median one subrotundate, sometimes slightly angulate in 

 front, basal punctures free. Elytra elongate, not double the length of 

 thorax, the suture finely pluripunctate, indistinctly so beyond ; sutural 

 striae deep, with a basal puncture near each, the dorsal not prolonged beyond 

 the middle and consisting of a basal puncture and elongate impression. 

 Hind-body as long as elytra, more convex, fourth segment longer than 

 third but not quite as broad and sometimes a little retracted, the first visible 

 one shorter than second, with minute brassy scales. 



Legs moderately elongate, tibiae with distinct fulvous pubescence, 

 posterior pair more, yet only slightly, curvate and expanded below the 

 middle. 



Antennae hardly any longer than head and thorax, gradually incrassate ; 

 basal joint almost twice as long as broad, second suboblong-oval, third smaller, 

 slender at the base, fourth and fifth subglobular and nearly equal ; joints 

 6-8 usually narrowed apically and more laxly articulated, ninth and tenth 

 quite transverse. 



Underside castaneo-rufous, distinctly pubescent, finely punctate. Head 

 wnth a transverse elevation in front of the eyes, bipunctate just behind this, 

 simple elsewhere. Metasternum elongate and convex, grooved along the 

 middle. A-bdomen elongate, basal segment quite visible, 2-4 increase, 

 fifth almost as long as fourth, sixth retracted and hardly discernible in 

 my reversed specimen, seventh large, the operculum distinct, rather narrow, 

 extending the whole length. 



This belongs to Section XIV and most nearly resembles S. lorujicolUs 

 (3369), from near the north side of Mount Ruapehu, but it is larger, with 

 longer and less incrassate antennae, different ventral segments, &c. 



Var. — Thorax slightly shorter, its median fovea subtrans verse. 



cJ. Length, 2| mm. ; breadth, ^ mm. 



Mount Alfred, north of Lake Wakatipu. Three examples secured by 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 9th February, 1914. 



3998. Sagola valida sp. nov. 



Robust, subdepressed, nitid ; with elongate suberect pubescence ; head 

 and thorax fusco-rufous, elytra much lighter, hind-body chestniit-redj legs 

 and antennae paler, palpi flavescent. 



Head about as large as thorax, curvedly narrowed behind, posterior 

 angles obsolete, abruptly contracted in front so that the eyes are very 

 prominent there ; finely and distantly punctate, frontal groove moderately 

 broad and deep, extending beyond the back part of the eyes and somewhat 

 narrowed there, occipital foveae rather narrow ; antennal tubercles raised 

 but flat above, .separated by a narrow groove. Thorax slightly broader 

 than long, widest before the middle ; distantly and finely punctate ; lateral 

 foveae deep, not reaching the middle of the sides, the median one rotunda te, 

 basal punctures free. Elytra rather longer than broad, a third longer than 

 thorax, a little narrowed before the middle, finely punctured ; sutural striae 

 moderately broad and deep, the dorsal consist of a basal puncture and 

 larger impression, they hardly attain the middle. Hind-body slightly longer 

 than elytra, as broad as they are, basal segment with minute brassy scales, 

 nearly as long as the second, third scarcely any longer, the others consider- 



