A^eiv Zealand Pselaphidje. 623 



narrowed in front than behind, its lengtli and breadth about 

 equal, minutely and distantly punctured ; discal depression 

 deep, not very large, subrotundate, its two basal punctures 

 small ; lateral fovese deep, but hardly prolonged as far as the 

 middle. Elytra oblong, slfghtly narrowed near the base, 

 fully a third longer than the thorax, nearly plaJie, minutely 

 and distantly punctured, and in some lights appearing feebly 

 rugose or asperate ; sutural striae broad and deep near the 

 base, each of the dorsal ones composed of a basal puncture and 

 elongate impression and indistinctly prolonged to beyond the 

 middle. IJiiid hody nearly as broad as and slightly longer 

 than the elytra, its first uncovered segment with minute 

 brassy scales and evidently shorter than tlie second or 

 following one. 



Antennce stout, with slender elongate pnhescence ; basal 

 joint twice as h)ng as broad, the next suboviform, as thick as 

 the first but much shorter, third much narrower, obcouical ; 

 joints 4—8 suboviform, the others broken off. 



Underside dark red, with elongate yellow pubescence. 

 Metasteriium moderately elongate and convex. Abdomen 

 finely |)unctate, segments 2-4 increasing in length, fifth little 

 more tlian half as long as the fourth, sixth widely emarginate 

 for half its length ; the operculum or supplementary segment 

 convex and broadly conical. 



On comparison with its only near ally S. lineata (2719) 

 this is seen to be rather larger, with coarser vestiture, and 

 manifestly and uniformly darker in colour. Tiie antennal 

 tubercles are not elevated, the carina along the middle of the 

 liead is distinct, but the frontal groove is shorter and more 

 slender. In 2719 the thoracic pubescence is decumbent, 

 y^ry slender, and disposed tiansversely, and on the middle of 

 tiie second visible dorsal segment fine lines form two sides 

 of a triangle. 



S . Length 2^; breadth nearly f mm. 



(jrreymouth. British Museum, from Dr. Sharp's collection ; 

 one example found by Mr. R. Helms. 



3483. Sagola ventrah's, sp. n. 



Subparallel, sanguineous, shining ; pubescence yellow. 



At first sight this may app( ar as if it were a sexual form 

 of S. carinata; it is, however, a male, and exhibits the 

 following disparities : — 



The head is broader, less narrowed behind the eyes, with 

 obtuse hind angles, the occipital fovtae are larger, the fore- 

 head has fine rugose sculpture, and the central carina when 



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