788 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



STAPHYLINID^. 



Stenus australicus, sp.nov. 



Nitidus ; niger, femoribus basi rufo-testaceis ; antennis sat 

 elongatis, gracilibus, articulo 5° 4° subbreviori, capite pro- 

 thorace sat brevioi'i, multo latiori, inter oculos profunde 

 excavate, insequali, sat fortiter minus crebre puactulato ; 

 prothorace subcylindrico, iequali, quam latiori fere dimidio 

 longiori, ci'asse nee crebre nee rugulose punctulato, latitudine 

 majori ante medium posita, basin versus sat subito angustato; 

 elytris prothorace sat latioribus (capiti latitudine subsequali- 

 bus), seque ac prothorax punctulatis ; abdomine leviter 

 gradatim retrorsum angustato, segmentis basi crenuiatis 

 subtiliter sparsim punctulatis (2' lateribus mai'ginatis), tar- 

 sorum articulo 4° simplice. [Long. 2, lat. f line. 



Allied to S. caviceps, Fvl., but differently coloured and having 

 the prothorax considerably longer than the head. In M. Fauvel's 

 tabulation of the Australian Stent (Ann. Mus. Gen. 1878, pp. 

 501-2) it would fall under A. c. along with caviceps. From all 

 the Queensland species described by Sir W. Macleay (which M. 

 Fauvel was unable to include in his tabulation) this species differs 

 widely in colouring and other characters. 



Mountains of Victoria ; near Wandiligong. 



N.B. — It is perhaps worthy of note that I met with a specimen 

 in the Victorian Alpine district which seems to agree with the 

 description of the magnificent S. maadahts, Macl., (previously 

 recorded only from Queensland and N.S. Wales). 



BUPRESTIDtE. 



Bubastes inconstans, Blackb. 



This species appears to be identical with £. inconsistans, Thoms. 

 I described the insect on a specimen in the South Australian 

 Museum labelled " B. hiconstans " without quotation of an author's 

 name. I could not find that any species had been described under 



