PSELAPHIDAE. 495 



400-1. Sagola ignota sp. no v. 



Nitid, rather slender and elongate, narrowed anteriorly ; with distinct, 

 pale-yellow, subdepressed pubescence behind ; light castaneo-rufous, palpi 

 and tarsi yellow. 



Head shorter and rather narrower than thorax, hardly at all narrowed 

 behind the rather large and prominent eyes, with obtuse posterior angles, 

 only slightly contracted anteriorly ; nearly plane, with a pair of well-marked 

 and rather large foveas behind the middle ; antennal tubercles broad, dis- 

 tinctly elevated, the moderate groove between them appears to end as an • 

 angular fovea, which, however, is not prolonged backwards as an ordinary 

 frontal channel. Thorax oviform, slightly longer than broad, widest at the 

 middle ; lateral foveae deep, scarcely reaching the middle, the median one 

 subrotundate, not definitely connected with the small basal punctures. 

 Elytra oblong, a little narrowed before the middle, a third longer and broader 

 than thorax, indistinctly punctate ; siitural striae deep, with a small basal 

 puncture alongside each, the dorsal prolonged to beyond the middle,- each 

 consisting of a basal puncture and elongate impression. Hind-body a 

 third longer than elytra, not quite as broad at the base, third segment 

 rather larger than the basal, the hinder ones considerably narrowed. Legs 

 simple, slender and elongate. 



Antennae not longer than head and thorax, stout ; basal joint not twice 

 as long as broad, second and fourth thick and subglobular, third much 

 smaller and, like the second, with a short basal stalk ; joiiits 5-10 gradually 

 incrassate, eleventh subconical. 



Underside chestnut-red, pubescent. Head with an interocular groove 

 and a broad depression at the base. Abdomen elongate, segments 2-4 

 subequal, fifth rather shorter, sixth short, seventh obtusely triangular. 



The almost entire absence of the ordinary frontal channel, the oviform 

 thorax, and strongly elevated antennal tubercles render this species abund- 

 antly distinct, so that a separate section will be instituted for its reception. 



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



Eouteburn, north of Lake Wakatipu. One only, found by Mr. T. Hall ; 

 16th February, 1914. 



4005. Sagola furcata sp. nov. 



Elongate, elytra and hind-body almost parallel, both distinctly punctate ; 

 pubescence pale greyish-yellow, slender and suberect ; shining, rufous, 

 antennae and legs light chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi flavescent. 



Head nearly as broad as thorax, genae nearly straight, with obtuse hind 

 angles, narrowed anteriorly, indistinctly punctate ; antennal tubercles broad, 

 slightly elevated yet flat above, the distinct, but not broad, groove between 

 them is divergent just behind them, forming a pair of oblique grooves which 

 extend almost to the base and obliterate the common occipital foveao. 

 Eyes moderately large and prominent. Thorax subcordate, rather broader 

 than long ; the basal portion much contracted and straight-sided so that 

 the lateral foveae are indefinite, but a distinct stria extends from the base 

 nearly to the front, thus marking off the disc from each of the rounded 

 sides ; median fovea subrotundate, large, not distinctly uniting with the 

 small basal punctures. Elytra oblong, rather broader and fully a third 

 longer than thorax ; sutural striae deep, with a basal puncture alongside 

 each, the dorsal apparently entire and extending to the middle. Hind- 

 body slightly broader and longer than elytra, basal segment shorter than 

 the next, with minute squamae, second and third subequal, remaining 



