508 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIDiE OP AUSTRALIA, 



155. Cafius occidentalis. 



Cafius occidentalis, Blackburn, Trans. Royal Soc. S. Australia, 

 1887, p. 13. 



Niger ; elytris abdomineque plus minusve nigro-piceis, his apice 

 dilutioribus ; ore antennis pedibusque rufis vel piceo-i'ufis • 

 an tennis capiti prothoracique conjunctis longitudine subaequalibus 

 sat gracilibus ; capite antice medio longitudinaliter sulcato, 

 utrinque crasse seriatim punctulato ; prothorace sat elongato, 

 disco subtilius biseriatim punctulato, spatio intermedio lato 

 <;onvexo, lateribus punctis sat crebris subseriatim instructis ; 

 elytris creberrime subtilissime subrugulose punctulatis, prothorace 

 sat longioribus, parce sericeo-pubescenti. Long. 4^-5^ mm. [Blk ) 



West Australia. 



Mr. Blackburn states that this species closely resembles Cafiiis 

 sericeus in form and colour, but diflfers in being less opaque, in 

 having the punctuation of the elytra less smooth, and in having 

 the dorsal series of punctures on the prothorax widely separated 

 and composed of fifteen punctures. 



39. Hesperus. 



Fauvel, Fn. Gall.-Rhki., III. p. 426. 



General characters of Philontlius. Ligula entire. Maxillary 

 palpi very elongate, the last joint slender, aciculate. Metasternum 

 triangularly produced in front. The posterior tarsi with the 1st 

 and 5th joints equal, joints 2-4 oblong. 



156. Hesperus haemorrhoidalis. 



Philonthus haemorrhoidalis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W., 

 II. p. 140 (1871). — Hesperus mirahilis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 X p. 260 (1877). 



