478 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINID^ OP AUSTRALIA, 



Elongate, black, shining, finely and sparingly pubescent ; pro- 

 thorax and 6th abominal segment red ; elytra bright steel-blue ; 

 1st and 2nd abdominal segments and legs testaceous. 



Head large, much longer than broad, slightly narrowed in front, 

 truncate behind, with four foveolate punctures near the base of 

 the antenna;, two on the disc on each of the middle, one near the 

 posterior angle, and two on the posterior margin ; the ocular sulci 

 are very oblique and conspicuous ; the inner orbital margin of the 

 eye impressed and provided with a distinct puncture. Antennae dark 

 reddish testaceous, the terminal joint inclining to pale testaceous. 

 Prothorax slightly convex, a little narrowed posteriorly, sinuate 

 behind the middle, truncate at the base, very sparingly and finely 

 punctured, with a series of four moderately distinct dorsal punc- 

 tures, two on each side of the middle ; anterior and posterior 

 angles rounded. Scutellum rufous. Elytra rather shorter than 

 the prothorax, slightly narrowed in front, extremely finely and 

 sparingly punctured. Length 6-9 mm. 



Barron River, Mackay, Gayndah, Wide Bay, Pine Mountains, 

 Queensland ; Clarence River, Port Macquarie, Upper Hunter, 

 Sydney, Port Hacking, lUawarra, New South Wales ; Lord Howe 

 Island. 



122. Metoponcus enervus, sp. n. 



Elongate, pitchy, shining, moderately closely covered with 

 pubescence ; antennae and legs reddish testaceous. 



Head large, much longer than broad, narrowed in front, truncate 

 behind, very strongly and rather closely punctured, with two 

 obscure foveolate punctures on each side ; the frontal sulci 

 moderately distinct ; the inner orbital margin of the eye impressed. 

 Antennte clothed with fuscous puliescence, the terminal joint 

 testaceous, joints 4-10 transverse. Prothorax somewhat convex, 

 narrowed behind, strongly sinuate just behind the middle, truncate 

 at the base, very strongly and not very closely punctured at the 

 sides ; the punctation extending on each side to just before the 

 middle, where it terminates in a dorsal series, leaving the median 



