398 Transactions. 



188. Myrmecopora granulata sp. nov. 



Nitid, quite black, legs fuscous, tarsi ruf o-f uscous ; elytra with very 

 short suberect greyish pubescence; other parts, the hind-body especi- 

 ally, with very few elongate suberect hairs. 



Head, in line with the eyes, quite as broad as the thorax, rounded 

 behind, its narrow anterior portion as long as the basal; its punctation 

 rather shallow yet quite distinct, finer and more distant near the 

 antennae. Thorax fully as long as broad, its apical portion, about a 

 third of the whole length, obliquely narrowed so that the front is just 

 about a third of the width of the head; the median basal fossa is well 

 marked, but the longitudinal impression proceeding from it does not 

 attain the apex ; it is minutely and distantly punctured. Elytra sub- 

 oblong, not quite as broad as long, nearly double the length and breadth 

 of the thorax, their punctation close and distinct, rather shallow, and 

 becoming finer and more distant near the sides and base, with fine 

 sutural striae. Hind-body glossy, nearly twice the length of the wing- 

 cases, hardly as wide as they are; basal four segments almost equal, 

 transversely impressed at the base; the first three with indistinct 

 granular sculpture, the granules on the 4th quite definite, on the 5th 

 they are conspicuous, the 6th is retracted in my specimen, its apex is 

 medially emarginate and has granular sculpture. 



Antennae elongate, attaining the middle femora, thickly pubescent, 

 2nd joint elongate yet rather shorter than the 1st or 3rd, joints 4-10 suc- 

 cessively though only slightly shortened, the 10th, nevertheless, is nearly 

 twice as long as broad; these 7 articulations are elongate-obconical, and 

 therefore appear subserrate; 11th elongate-oval, rather larger than the 

 10th. 



This, as regards the shape of the thorax, more nearly resembles the 

 unique Australian sjiecies so far as can be judged by description alone, 

 but there the likeness ends. The distinct punctation of the head and 

 elytra is very different, whilst the remarkable sculpture of the 5th abdo- 

 minal segment is very distinctive. M. fugax, belonging to Sardinia and 

 Palestine, I have not seen. M. granulata is nearly twice the size of 

 M. senilis. 



Length, 6 mm.; breadth, lh mm. 



Broken River. A solitary individual sent to me bv Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Group Stafhylinidae. 



3189. Quedius eruensis sp. nov. Quedius Stephens, Lacord. Hist, des 

 Ins. Coleopt., torn. 2, p. 84. 



Narrow, elongate, head and thorax shining black and slightly bronzed, 

 elytra and hind-body fuscous, the latter often blackish and iridescent ; 

 the femora, anterior tibiae, and basal three joints of antennae fusco- 

 rufous or f ulvescent ; remaining joints dull fuscous; mandibles rufous. 



Head oval, rather narrower than thorax, bipunctate behind and also 

 in line with the inner margin of the eyes, and with a smaller setigerous 

 puncture near the front of each eye. Clypeus membranous, not pallid. 

 Labium deeply emarginate in front. Eyes large, not prominent. Man- 

 dibles short. Thorax rather broader than long, gently narrowed an- 

 teriorly, posterior angles broadly rounded ; with 8 more or less distinct 

 punctures before the middle, and a like number close to the base, but 

 only unipunctate at the sides. Scutellum triangular. Elytra short, 



