by a. sidney olliff, f.e.s. 483 



127. Xantholinus piioemcopterus. 



XanthoUnus 2}hoeriicopterus, 'Erichson, Gen. Staph, p. 314(1840). 



Niger, nitidus, tarsis piceis, elytris rubris, purpureo-nitentibus, 

 triseriatim punctatis, capite oblongo, laevi. 



Statuva omnino A', analis, uigerrimus, pernitidus. Antennae 

 capite paruin longiores, articalo tertio elongate, secundo duplo 

 longiore, nigrae. Palpi picei. Caput thoracis latitudine, latitudine 

 paulo longius, antrorsum subangustatimi, lateribus rectis, angulis 

 posterioribus rotundatis, punctis iitrinque singulo maiusculo ad 

 interiorem, binis approximatis, oblique positis, ad superiorem 

 oculi marginem, paucisque irregulariter transversim positis verticis 

 impressum, ceterum praeter sulculos anticos ordinaries laevissimum. 

 Thorax coleopteris paulo angustior, longitudine paulo longior, 

 basin versus modice angustatus, lateribus medio vix sinuatif, apice 

 utrinque oblique truncatus, angulis anterioribus obtusis, modice 

 prominentibus, parum convexus, intra angulum anteriorem 

 utrinque puncto maguo profundo et in margins anteriore punctis 

 utrinque nonnullis impressus. Scutellum punctulatum. Elytra 

 thorace paululum longiora, punctorum seriebus tribus sat regulari- 

 bus notata, prima suturali, secunda in medio dorsi, tertia marginali, 

 rubra, nitore purpureo resplendentia. Abdomen parallelum, 

 parcius subtilitei punctulatum, nigrum, pernitidum, immaculatum. 

 Pedes breves, nigri, tarsis piceis. Alae fusco-hyalinae. Long. 

 10-14 mm. (Hr.) 



Port Darwin, Cape York, Somerset, PortDenison, Rockhampton, 

 Brisbane, Queensland ; Gundagai, Murrumbidgee, Wagga Wagga, 

 Sydney, New South Wales ; Princetown, Melbourne, Victoria ; 

 Nuriootpa, Adelaide, Port Lincoln, South Australia ; King 

 ■George's Sound. 



An abundant species. 



128. Xantholinus chloropterus. 



Xantholinus chloropterics, Erichson, Gen. Staph, p. 311 (l840). 

 Niger, capite triangulari laevi thoraceque opacis, elytris viri- 

 <libus, abdomine nigro-subaeneo, nitidulis. 



