492 COLEOFTERA. 



wholo width, this, howovcr, is divided by a central carina. Meta.sterninn 

 rather short and convex. Ventral segnient.s 2-i subi'qual, fifth nearly as 

 long, siightly and widely eniarginate, sixth slightly longer, deeply emar- 

 ginate ; seventh large, broadly oval, convex, the operculum elongate and 

 smooth, in marked contrast to the finely and moderately closely punctured 

 penultimate and tenninal segments. This agrees better with Section IX 

 than II. 



cJ. Length, 3J mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Waitakerei Reservoir, near Auckland ; 2Gth October. 1914. A single 

 individual found by Mr. A. E. Brookes under fallen timber. 



4000. Sagola foveiventris sp. nov. 



Nitid, elongate, elytra and abdomen subparallel, the former only 

 slightly narrowed towards the base ; rufous, elytra a little lighter, hind- 

 body, legs, and antennae castaneo-rufous, palpi more flavescent than the 

 tarsi ; pubescence elongate, slender, yellow, suberect behind. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, slightly narrowed, with obtuse angles, 

 behind the prominent eyes, more distinctly narrowed in front ; frontal 

 channel subquadrate, not very large, hardly extending as far back as the 

 eyes, prolonged as a distinct but not broad groove between the almost plane 

 tubercles, occipital foveae free, well marked and rather elongate. Thorax 

 cordate, slightly longer than broad, widest just before the middle ; lateral 

 foveae deep, hardly reaching the middle, the median one moderately large, 

 subi'otundate, basal punctures free. Elytra slightly longer than broad, 

 a third larger than thorax ; sutural striae deep and simple, the dorsal 

 scarcely reach the middle and are formed of a basal j)uncture and elongate 

 impression. Hind-body a third longer than the elytra, similarly finely 

 and indistinctly ])unctate, fourth and fifth deflexed and, together, obtusely 

 triangular, the basal with minute brassy scales, slightly shorter than the^ 

 following ones. Legs slender and elongate, tibiae straight. 



Antennae quite as long as head and thorax ; basal joint not twice as 

 long as the suboblong second which is a little narrowed at the base, the 

 next nearly as long but narrower and contracted at the base and apex ; 

 fourth distinctly narrowed towards the apex, joints 5-7 of similar form 

 but rather broader, 8-10 subquadrate, the terminal normal. 



LTnderside finely and distantly punctate, castaneo-rufous, pubescent. 

 Head with a broad interocular groove. Ventral segments 2-5 subequal ; 

 fourth and fifth on the middle, at the extremity, closely and very distinctly 

 punctate, in some aspects appearing minutely granulate ; sixth evidently 

 shorter, foveate and closely punctate in the middle, the sides of th- fovea 

 obtuselv raised but not definitelv tuberculate ; seventh slishtlv lonirer. 

 obtusely triangular, the operculum oblique. 



The remarkable scul|)ture of the ventral segments is distinctive and 

 (xactlv alike in both sj)ecimens, but in the reversed one the fourth antennal 

 jokit is much less narrowed towards the apex, the fifth nevertheless is 

 iiroader at the base. It belongs to Section X. 



(J. Length, .3 mm. ; breadth. * mm. 



Hcllyford, north of Lake Wakati])u. Tw(! males secured by Mr. T. Hall 

 on the l*9tli February. 1914. 



400L Sagola striatifrons sp. nov. 



Nitid. elongate, rather narrow, of interrupted outline ; pubescence sub- 

 depressed, elongate, fulvescent, more slender on the head and thorax ; 



