486 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIDiE OP AUSTRALIA, 



utrumque impressum, sulculis duobus anticis intermediis parallelis. 

 Thorax coleoptevis paruni angustior, latitudine paulo lougior, basin 

 versus subangnstatus, apice truncatus, angulis anterioribus lateri- 

 busqiie subrectis, leviter convexus, puncto atrinque singulo intra 

 angulum anterioreru sat prof undo irapressus. Scutellum obsolete 

 4-punctatum Elytra thorace paulo longiora, triseriatim punctata, 

 serie prima suturali, secunda dorsali, tertia marginali, omnibus sat 

 regularibus, margine apicali et lateribus inflexis vage punctatis. 

 Abdomen parce punctatum, parce nigro-pilosura. Pedes nigri, 

 tarsis piceis. Long. 12-14 mm. (Er.) 



Melbourne, Victoria ; Launceston, Lottali, Gould's Country, 

 Tasmania. 



The broad convex prothorax and brilliant colour of this species 

 will prevent its being confused with any other. 



131. XaNTHOLINUS SIDEaALIS. 



Xantholinus sideralis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII. p. 539 

 (1878). 



A caeteris elytris totis sat dense aequaliter punctura du[)lici, 

 altera forti, altera subtili, notatis, serie licet intrahumerali distincta 

 et abdomine nigro notabilis ; cyanoptero statura minore et angus- 

 tiore, antennis articulo 2° breviore (caeteri desunt), capite minore, 

 angustiore, magis parallelo, niagis convexo, post oculos crebi^e sub- 

 tiliter punctato, angalis posticis magis indicatis, punctis 3 supra 

 ad marginem oculi posticum ; thorace circa basin profundius 

 sinuato, magis angustato, punctis 2 utrinque fossulatis, altero 

 prope angulum anticum, altero medio, punctis 2 uti-inque disco 

 obsoletis ; abdomine parcius subtiliusque punctato. Long. 12- 

 13 mm. {Fvl) 

 West Australia. 



132. Xantholinus chalcopterus. 



Xantholinus cludmpterus, Erichson, Gen. Staph, p. 312 (1.840) — 

 Xantholinus cyaneipennis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. 

 XL p. 139(1871). 



