BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 473 



thorace majore, basi capite duplo fere latiore, oblongo, convexo, 

 antice fortiter angastato, angulis omnibus fortissime rotundatis, 

 seriebus dorsalibus tripunctatis, oblique iiiter apicem niediumque 

 sitis, punctis 2 aliis post angiilum anticuni sitis ; elytris basi 

 thorace paulo latioribus, circa apicem latioribus, serie suturali 

 discoidalique utraque punctis 6 subtilissimis impressis ; abdomine 

 dense subtilissime fusco-pubescente, subopaco, omnium creberrime 

 subtilissime, apice pavcius, piinctulato. Long. 5 mm. (Fvl.) 

 Wide Bay, Queensland ; Victoria. 



114. DiOCHUS DIVISUS. 



Dioclms divisus, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. X. p. 235 (1877). 



A praecedente magnitudine minor, thorace piceo, antennis vix 

 medio infuscatis, ore, elytrorum dimidia parte apicale, segmentorum 

 marginibus, sexti dimidia parte apicali, septimo toto pedibusque 

 rufo-testaceis ; antennis brevioribus ; capite minore, breviore, 

 subtriangulari, antice sat fortiter angustato, basi minus rotundato ; 

 thorace antice paulo minus angustato ; elytris seriebus vix fortius, 

 abdomine adhuc subtilius densiusque punctatis. Long. 4 mm. 

 {FvL). 



New South Wales. 



31. Leptacinus. 



Erichson, Kaf. Mark, L p. 429 (1837); Gen. Staph, p. 333 

 (1840) ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. IL p. 69. 



General characters of Xantholinus. Ligula slightly emarginate 

 in front. Palpi, both maxillary and labial, with the last joint 

 small and acicular ; the labial palpi with the 2nd joint a little 

 longer than the first. Labrum deeply sinuate ; the lateral margins 

 membranous. Antennae filiform. The intermediate coxae 

 moderately distant or contiguous ; the anterior tarsi sometimes 

 simple, sometimes dilated. 



A genus of world-wide distribution resembling Xayitholinus in 

 fades. 



