176 Capt. T. Broun on new 



slightly narrowed ; the sutural and intrahuraeral striae are 

 well marked, the surface is indistinctly punctate ; pubescence 

 slender and elongate, but there are also some longer and 

 coarser hairs on the sides. Hind body longer than the elytra, 

 thickly pubescent ; the basal segment with a transverse space 

 covered with minute brassy sette or scales ; third segment 

 rather longer than the others. Legs simple. 



Underside. Head simple; third ventral segment large; no 

 distinct sexual characters. 



A careful examination of the head will at once lead to its 

 recognition. 



? . Length 1|, breadth quite ^ line. 

 Mount Pirongia. One example, Dec. 1892. 



Saffola pertinax, sp. n. 



Eufescent, pubescence slender and elongate on the elytra, 

 coarser on the hind body, which, besides, bears many long, 

 erect hairs. 



Head almost as broad as the widest portion of the tliorax, 

 its hind angles obtuse ; the frontal channel is broad, and 

 extends nearly as far as the back part of the eyes, there two 

 fove^ behind. Thorax in shape and sculpture similar to that 

 of S. major. Elytra oblong, slightly and gradually narrowed 

 towards the base, hind angles rounded ; the sutural stria? and 

 intrahuraeral impressions well marked, these latter divided 

 into two parts. Hiiid body longer than the elytra, its basal 

 segment with numerous minute brassy scales. 



Underside. Head, the space behind the mentum is broad 

 and smooth, it is raised backwards, and its middle portion, 

 though truncate behind, projects backwards; it is scantily 

 ciliate ; the side, behind the eye, is swollen, and has a large 

 rounded depression. Metasternum convex. The pubescence 

 on the fifth and sixth segments of the abdomen is much more 

 conspicuous than it is elsewhere. The leys exhibit no sexual 

 characters. 



Like iS. major, smaller, the legs and antennfe more slender, 

 the tibiffi very slightly curved, the underside of the head quite 

 diiferent. Tlie beautiful, strongly curved, golden cilia seen 

 on the lower part of the head in H. Jaminata is here absent. 



Length nearly 1|-, breadth quite \ line. 



Ohaupo, Waikato, near Mr. Kusab's saw-mill. Three ex- 

 amples. A fourth, evidently a female, has the head more 

 rounded behind, and the basal dorsal segment bears only the 

 ■ordinary pubescence, but I doubt whether it can be referred 

 to this species. 



