

OF NEW ZEALAND. 135 



Maxilla with the lobes distinct, short, but with long pubescence ; their 

 palpi short, four-jointed, first joint abruptly curved in the middle ; 

 second joint rather longer than first, rather narrower at the base than at 

 the extremity, twice as long as broad ; third joint short, about as long as 

 broad ; fourth joint oval, broader than the preceding joints, about twice 

 as long as broad, its extremity a little truncate, and furnished with a__ 

 very minute appendage. Mentum large, rather broader than long, 

 quadrate, but with the anterior margin forming a slight double curve, 

 being a little produced and acuminate in the middle. Labial palpi 

 short, stout, two-jointed, second joint shorter than and not quite so 

 thick as the first joint. Paraglossa prominent, extending about as far 

 as the extremity of the labial palpi. 



Antenna eleven-jointed, elongate and rather stout, not clubbed, the 

 apical joints being but little thicker than the basal ones, separated at 

 their point of insertion by the broad, flattened, contiguous, frontal 

 tubercles. Head short, not in the least rostrate. Eyes moderately 

 large. Prosternum rather large, front coxae slender, moderately promi- 

 nent. Mesostermtm elongate. Middle coxce large, only partly embedded 

 in their cavities, separated only by a thin lamina of the mesosternum. 

 Femoral portion of hind coxse prominent and conical, contiguous at 

 their base ; their trochanters moderately large, but the apex of the 

 femur almost attains the coxae. Legs elongate, simple ; tarsi much 

 shorter than tibiae, with two well-developed unguiculi. Hind-body 

 elongate, strongly margined at sides, the dorsal and ventral plates equal 

 to one another, with five visible segments both above and below, but 

 with a well-developed additional basal segment visible on dissection, the 

 ventral plate of which is horny, the dorsal plate membraneous. 



Body pubescent, general form elongate, sub-depressed, very Staphy- 

 //////.f-like. This genus appears to be extremely close to Faronus, but 

 the species possess a well-marked process of mesosternum separating the 

 middle cox;e, of which there is no trace in Faronus lafertei; the frontal 

 tubercles also are more approximate in Sagola, so that the distance 

 between the antennae at their insertion is less than in Faronus lafertei. 



246. S. major, Sharp; Trans. Entom. Soc., 1874, Dec., p. 

 507. Rufescens, nitida, elytris rufis ; prothorace transversim cordato ; 

 capite lato, angulis posterioribus leviter dilatatis. 



Long, corp., 2\ mm. 



Mas. Trochanteribus anticis prominulis acutis ; abdomine segmento 

 6 ventrali tuberculis duobus elevatis. 



Fein, incog. 



This species differs from S. prisca by its much broader form, by its 

 more slender antennas, the basal joint in particular of these organs being 

 notably more slender, and by the more deflexed extremity of the hind 

 body, as well as by the different characters of the male. The first 

 visible dorsal segment of the hind-body possesses a transverse band of 

 glandular pubescence, which is wanting in the other species here 

 described. 



I have seen but a single specimen of the species ; it was sent to me 

 from New Zealand by Mr. Edwards. 



