476 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIDiE OP AUSTRALIA, 



118. LepTACINUS LINEARIS. 



Staphylinus linearis, Gravenhorst, Col. Micr., p. 43 (1802) — 

 Leptacinus linearis, Jacq. Duv., Gen. Staph, p. 12, f. 59. 



Pitchy black, shining, finely pubescent ; prothorax with a dorsal 

 series of eight or ten punctures on each side ; elytra uniformly 

 dark brown. 



Head with the sides more finely and less closely punctured 

 than the allied L. hatychrus, the lateral rows of punctures more 

 regular. Antennae reddish testaceous. Scutellum smooth. Legs 

 pitchy. Length 4-5 mm. 



Port Lincoln, South Australia, 



A common European species which has recently been recorded 

 from South Australia by the Rev. T. Blackburn. It is probably 

 introduced. 



119. Leptacinus picticornis. 



Leptacinus jncticomis, Blackburn, Trans, Royal Soc. S. Aus- 

 tralia, 1887, p. 7. 



Robustus, nitidus, niger, antennarum articulo primo apice, 

 secundoque toto testaceis, articulis 4-11 fusco-rufis, palpis mandi- 

 bulis tarsisque rufescentibus ; capite elongato-quadrato, utrinque 

 sparsim fortiter punctato ; prothorace vix elongato, seriebus 

 dorsalibus 6-7 punctatis ; elytris prothorace vix longioribus, con- 

 fuse-lineatim punctatis ; abdominis lateribus punctatis, disco laevi. 

 Long. 6-7 mm. 



The antennae are short, joints 4-10 strongly transverse; the 

 forehead has only two longitudinal furrows (which are strongly 

 punctate), the external ones of the usual 4 being obsolete. In 

 most specimens the knees, and in some the tibiae, are pitchy red. 

 In some specimens also the elytra and apex of the hind body are 

 of a dull reddish tint. (Blk.) 



Adelaide, Port Lincoln, South Australia. 



