504 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIDiE OP AUSTRALIA, 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Adelaide, South Australia ; Laun- 

 ceston, Tasmania. 



A single male example. 



148. Cafius littoralis. 



Gafius littoralis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. X. p. 254 (1877). 



A praecedentibus \sahulosus\ thorace seriato elytrorumque mar- 

 ginibus non dilutis, a sequentibus elytris abdomineque nitidulis, 

 niulto parcius fortiusque punctatis distinctus ; niger, capite thorace- 

 que nitidis, femoribus plus minusve rufis ; antennis longioribus, 

 sat robustis, articulis omnibus longioribus quam latioribus, 11° 

 oblongo-acuminato ; capite quadrato, paulo longiore quam latiore, 

 utrinque inter et post oculos basique punctis grossis subfossulatis 

 notato, angulis posticis subrotundatis vix squamose punctulatis ; 

 fronte antice discoque medio laevibus ; thorace antice capitis fere 

 latitudine, tertia parte longiore quam latiore, subtrapezoidali, 

 circa basin sat fortiter angustato, sinuato, angulis posticis obtusis ^ 

 seriebus duabus dorsalibus grosse 12 punctato-impressis, punctis 2 

 extus in tertia parte antica sitis, serie altera confusa prope latera 

 impressa, punctisque prope angulum anticum subtilioribus ; elytris 

 thorace plus quam tertia parte latioribus, paulo longioribus, dense 

 fortius rugulose, abdomine subtilius sat dense punctatis, parcius 

 fusco-puberulis ; $ segmento 5° subtus vix, 6° latius parum pro- 

 funde, 7° late triangulariter incisis, incisura basi impresso-mar- 

 ginata. Long. 7i-8J mm. (FvZ.) 



Wide Bay, Queensland ; Manly (on the sea-shore under sea- 

 weed), Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Yictoria ; Laun- 

 ceston, Hobart, Tasmania ; King George's Sound. 



149. Cafius pacificus. 



Fhilonthus parAficus, Erichson, Gen. Staph, p. 501 (1840) — 

 Cafius pacificus, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. X. p. 254 (1877). 



Elongatus, niger, abdomine subtus, elytrorum margine inflexo 

 et summo apicali pedibusque ferrugineis, capite oblongo-sub- 



