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Ohs. 8. ruficeps, No. 1882, is most likely only a varietal 

 form of >S^. major^ Sharp. I named it some years ago, before 

 I had seen that species. Much depends upon the interpre- 

 tation of Dr. Sharp's expression, " a transverse band of 

 glandular pubescence." If this mean the same thing that I 

 term " minute brassy scales or depressed set^," the two 

 species must be united. In ray specimens of S. major the 

 underside of the head, near the hind angle, has a smooth de- 

 pression with raised hind margins. I cannot state whether 

 Dr. Sharp's specimen presents the same appearance. It 

 seems certain that the form and sculpture of the lower surface 

 of the head in this genus must be more carefully studied 

 before the numerous species can be satisfactorily separated. 



Sagola citima^ sp. n. 



Narrow, elongate, nearly horizontal throughout; head and 

 thorax red, the rest of the body and the legs chestnut-red ; 

 pubescence fulvous, more erect than is usual. 



Head rounded and a good deal narrowed behind the eyes ; 

 the median channel deep, moderately broad, extending nearly 

 to the hind margin, where it becomes narrower, close to this, 

 near the base, there are two small fovege ; anteunal tubercles 

 elevated but somewhat flattened above. Ei/es placed befoi'e 

 the middle. Thorax widest before the middle, a good deal 

 rounded in front, the sides behind appear abruptly contracted 

 and nearly straight, in its widest part it is not broader than 

 the head in line with the eyes ; disk smooth and convex, 

 the central impression near the base only moderately large, 

 the two foveas near the base are small ; the fovea near the 

 hind angle forms a large depression, it is prolonged forwards, 

 so that the side at the middle is marked off from the disk. 

 Elytra oblong, obliquely narrowed towards the base, the 

 sutural striae and intrahumeral impressions well marked and 

 entire, at the base near each stria there is a distinct puncture. 

 Hind hody much longer than the wing-cases, third segment 

 slightly larger than the second, the first, near its base, densely 

 covered with very minute pale setse, the pubescence shorter 

 and finer than that on the elytra ; the supplementary basal 

 segment is exposed, its lateral margins are distinct. Antennae 

 with the basal joint stout, cylindric ; second globular, hardly 

 longer tiian broad ; third small ; fourth slightly longer than 

 broad ; 5 to 8 become rather shorter and broader ; ninth and 

 tenth transverse ; eleventh, including the false terminal arti- 

 culation, conical. 



No. 1878 is most like this species ; the sides of the thorax, 



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