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it is slightly narrowed towards the base ; tenth conical, about 

 as large as the ninth, its apex rounded. 



Underside distinctly clothed with yellow pubescence, finely 

 sculptured. Anterior t7-ochanters with slender basal spines. 

 Metasternum convex, broadly impressed along the centre. 

 Basal segment of abdomen with a smooth shallow impression 

 behind, at each side of this, close to the apex, there is 

 a distinct tubercle ; 2 to 4 very short ; fifth transversely 

 impressed. 



Female. — Antennoi with the seventh and eighth joints 

 transverse, ninth nearly twice the breadth of the eighth, tenth 

 much larger, yet quite transverse, eleventh conical. Meta- 

 sternum rather convex. Basal segment of the abdomen large 

 and plane, this and the metasternum with fine sculpture which 

 appears granular or punctiform according to the light. 



Allied to B. munda fpage 129), the antennae more 

 slender, their two terminal joints decidedly smaller ; head 

 broader ; hind body shorter and more deflexed. In B. munda 

 the abdominal tubercles are situated on the middle of the 

 first segment, and I find, in a reversed specimen, that the 

 front trochanters have fine spines, these were overlooked when 

 the description was drawn up. 



Length f , breadth ^ line. 



Hunua Range, Drury. Four males and seven females. 



Sagola lineata, sp. n. 



Elongate, subparallel, shining ; head and thorax red, an- 

 tennae paler, the elytra, legs, and palpi fulvous. 



Head gradually narrowed behind the eyes ; antennal 

 tubercles only a little elevated, transverse ; there is a rather 

 narrow, slight elevation extending from the base forwards, 

 this, along its frontal half, is divided by a slender linear 

 groove; the two well-marked basal foveas appear, when 

 looked at sideways, to be prolonged forwards ; its pubescence 

 is slender and disposed transversely. Ei/es moderate, placed 

 near the middle of the sides. Antennce elongate, second joint 

 nearly as stout as the first, one half its length ; third narrow, 

 slightly longer than broad ; seventh and eighth narrower at 

 the apex than they are at the base ; ninth and tentli trans- 

 verse ; eleventh subquadrate, but the minute apical false joint 

 alters the form somewhat. Thorax cordate, with a large 

 central depression behind the middle, there arc two small 

 fovese near the base, and another, also small, near each hind 

 angle ; it is clothed like the head, but on each side there are 

 two very long hairs. Elytra oblong, the shoulders onlv 



