484 A REVISION OP THE STAPHYLINIDiE OP AUSTRALIA, 



X. chalybeo longitudine aequalis, at gracilior, corporis habitu 

 potius X. glahrati Antennae capita vix longiores, articulo 

 tertio elongato, secundo duple longiore, 4-10 crassitie aequalibus, 

 at sensim paulo brevioribus, nigrae, ultimo apice subferrugineo. 

 Palpi nigri, apice rufo-picei. Caput thoracis longitudine et basi 

 eius apici latitudine aequale, antroi-sum angustatum, oblongo- 

 subtriangulare, basi et lateribus perparum, angulis posterioribus 

 fortiter rotundatum, supra leviter convexum, puncto maiusculo 

 singulo ad interiorem, alteroque itidera singulo ad superioreni 

 oculi margineni impresso, ceterum praeter sulculos anticos 

 ordinaries laeve, nigrum, subopacum. Thorax apice coleop- 

 terorum latitudine, basin versus modice angustatas, latitudine 

 antica paulo lougior, lateribus rectis, apice utrinque oblique 

 truncatus, angulis anterioribus subrotundatis, modice prominenti- 

 bus, leviter convexus, longe intra apicem puncto singulo im- 

 pressus, ceterum laevissimus, niger, subopacus. Scutellum 

 medio punctatum, nigrum, parum nitidum. Elytra thorace vix 

 longiora, triseriatim punctata, serie prima suturali, secunda 

 dorsali, tertia marginali, margine inflexo summoque apice vage 

 punctatis, viridia, nitidula. Abdomen elongatum, parallelum, 

 parce subtiliter punctatum, parce tenuiterque nigro-pilosellum, 

 nigro-subaenium, nitiduluiu. Corpus subtus nigro-subaenium, 

 nitidum. Pedes nigri. Long. 17-14 mm. (Er.) 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Liverpool Plains, Mount Wilson, 

 Mount Victoria, Blue Mountains, Sydney, Monaro, New South 

 "Wales ; Princetown, Melbourne, Victoria ; Adelaide, Port 

 Augusta, South Australia ; Launceston, Lottah, Gould's Country,, 

 Tasmania. 



The elytra and abdomen of this species are somewhat variable 

 in colour, 



129. Xantholinus orthodoxus, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; elytra cyaneous or bronze green ; abdomen 

 bronze green ; legs black. 



