488 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIDiE OF AUSTRALIA, 



Inter species elytris caeruleis forma depressa et abdomine vix 

 aenescente, segmentorum basi crebre fortiter punctata facilliine dis- 

 tinguendus; forma potius cAa^copieW ; niger, nitidissimus, elytris 

 caeruleis, pal pis apice rulis ; a, cyanoptero statura minore, antennis 

 vix validioribus, capite angustiore et longiore, depresso, lateribus 

 parallelis, angulis posticis multo fortius rotundatis, punctis 2 

 contiguis intus prope oculi marginem posticum ; basi densius 

 punctulata ; thorace multo minore et angustiore, ti-apezoidali , 

 planiusculo, circa basin multo fortius angnstato, lateribus magis 

 sinuatis, antice multo minus truncato, licet angulis omnibus magis 

 indicatis ; elytris l)revioribus, depressis, abdomine utrinque fortius 

 densiusque punctato. Long. 12-13 mm. (Fvl.) 



Melbourne, Victoria. 



134. Xantholinus holomelas. 



Xantholinus holomelas, Perroud, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, XL 

 p. 84 (1864)— Fauvel, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1874, p. 436; Ann. 

 Mus. Genov. X. p. 244 (1877). 



X. anachoreta, Er. paulo major, latior et robustior, niger, niti- 

 dus, ore, antennis articulis 3 primis basi pedibusque rufo-piceis. 

 vel piceis, abdomine dense grosseque punctato, aeneo, antennarum 

 articulo ultimo apice testaceo ; capite maris magis orbiculari quam 

 in anachoreta, sulcis anticis brevioribus, subtus tantum prope oculos 

 subtilissime punctulato, supra post oculos punctis binis impresso ; 

 thorace majore, lateribus minus angustato et sinuato, angulis. 

 anticis minus, posticis multo magis rotundatis ; scutello grosse 

 4-punctato ; elytris thorace paulo longioiibus latioribusque, ali- 

 quando piceis, subaeneis, circa suturam canaliculatam lateribusque 

 subtiliter dense punctulatis, stria profunda obliqua, disco fortiter 

 punctata, stria laterali subhumerali 6-punctata ; abdomine robus- 

 tiore ; ^ capite minore, thoracis vix jatitudine, longiore, ovato. 

 Long. 11-1 4 mm. (Fvl.) 



Port Mackay, Queensland ; Bogolong, Wagga Wagga, Sydney, 

 New South Wales ; Adelaide, South Australia ; King George's 

 Sound ; also recorded from New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa, 

 Aru, &c. 



