BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFP, F.E.S. 487 



Niger, nitidus, elytris tiiseriatim punctatis, cyaneo-aeneis, pedi- 

 bus lufo-fulvis, capite oblongo, laevi. 



Habitu omnino A', fulgidi, at duplo maior, niger, peinitidus. 

 Antennttt capite paulo longiores, articulo tertio secundo plus sesqiii 

 longiore, nigrae, articulo secundo tertioque basi rufo-piceis, ultimo 

 apice ferrugineo. Palpi picei. Caput thorace paulo latius, 

 latitudine longius, basi cum angulis posterioribus rotundatis, 

 lateribus subrectis, antrorsum baud angustatum, sub-depressum, 

 omnium subtilissime obsoletissimeque punctulatum, puncto maius- 

 culo singulo ad iuteriorem, duohus approximatis ad superiorera 

 utriusque oculi marginem, pluribusque irregulariter transversim 

 positis verticis impressum. sulculis duobus anticis intermediis 

 prope parallelis. Thorax latitudine paulo longior, basin versus 

 angustatus, lateribus pone medium subsinuatis, basi coleopteris 

 angustior, parum convexus, puncto singulo ad angulum utrumque 

 anteriorem impressus. Scutellum parumpunctatum. Elytra 

 thorace paululum longiora, subtilius triseriatim punctata, serie 

 prima suturali, secunda in medio dorsi, tertia marginali, omnibus 

 sat regularibus, cyaneo-aenea, nitida. Abdomen parce vageque 

 punctulatum, tenuiter pilosum. Pedes omnes cum coxis anteri- 

 oribus rufo-fulvi. Long. 10-13 mm, {Er.) 



Rockhampton, Gayndah, Wide Bay, Brisbane, Queensland ; 

 Clarence River, Upper Hunter, Singleton, Parramatta, Sydney, 

 New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Adelaide, Nuriootpa, 

 South Australia ; Swan River, West Australia. 



A careful comparison of the type of Xantholhius cyaytevpennis 

 with Erichson's description of X. chalcojiterus, and with West 

 Australian specimens which I have identitied with that species, 

 leads me to the conclusion that the former name must be regarded 

 as a synonym.. 



133. Xantholinus coelestis. 



Xantholinus coelestis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII. p. 510 

 (1S78). 



