498 Major T. Broun on new 



cJ . Length 2| ; breadtli ^ mm. 



Paparoa Busli, near Howick. Mj specimen was found on 

 the underside of a log. 



3369. Sagola longicollis, sp. n. 



Elongate, rather narrow, slightly transversely convex, 

 nitid ; head and thorax fusco-rufous, abdomen castaneou?, 

 elytra and legs paler but not fulvescent, tarsi and palpi 

 yellowish ; pubescence greyish yellow, not very thick, almost 

 decumbent, mingled with a few erect, longer hairs on the 

 hind body. 



Head as wide as the thorax in line with the prominent 

 ej'es, slightly narrowed behind, with obtuse angles ; frontal 

 channel moderately broad, nearly as broad between the 

 slightly raised antennal tubercles as it is behind, but not 

 extending further back than the middle of the eyes, basal 

 foveaj very distinct, rotundate. Thorax oviform, nearly 

 twice as long as broad, widest at the middle ; median de- 

 pression subrotundate, basal fovcse minute, the lateral ones 

 deep but not extending forwards beyond the middle. Elytra 

 oblong, a third longer than the thorax, their sides very 

 gently rounded and a little narrowed near the base ; sutural 

 strise only moderately deep, indistinctly tripunctate at the 

 base, Avith a small basal puncture near each, dorsal strias 

 distinctly divided, the basal part punctiform, the other 

 longer. Hind body hardly as long or broad as the elytra, 

 first visible segment evidently shorter than the next, third 

 slightly longer, yet scarcely as long as the fourth, the 

 terminal small. 



Tibice slighily curved and dilated outwardly below the 

 middle ; basal two joints of the anteiior tarsi, together, 

 rather shorter than the third, distinctly separated, the second 

 shorter above than below. 



Anteniioi rather shorter than the head and thorax, with 

 elongate })ubcscence ; basal joint tiiick, not twice as long as 

 broad, second also stout but subglobular, third very small 

 and rounded ; fourth and til'tli similar to the second but 

 smaller, joints 6-S broader than long, rather broader than 

 the preceding ones, ninth and tenth transverse, broader than 

 eighth, elevenrh conical. 



Underside pubescent. Head with a transverse depression 

 between the front part of the ej'es. Basal three exposed 

 ventral segments thinly fringed at the cxtremit}-, 2-4 

 gradually become longer, tifth distinctly longer than fourth, 

 sixth narrow, densely pubescent, emarginate at apex. 



