BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 91 



HYDROPHILID.E. 



CVCLONOTUM ABDOMINALE, Fab. 



Mr. De Vis, of Brisbane, has recently sent me examples of this 

 widely distributed species which were taken by Mr. Wild in 

 rotten aloes at Brisbane. I believe the insect has not previously 

 heen recorded as occurring in Australia. 



STAPHYLINID^. 



QUEDIUS DIEMENENSIS, Sp.nOV. 



Minus robustus ; sat nitidus ; niger, prothorace abdomineque 

 piceo-rufescentibus, antennis (articulis basalibus 3 exceptis) 

 tarsiscjue rufo-testaceis ; capite sat lato, punctura magna 

 utrinque in oculi margine et 3 aliis postice triangulariter 

 dispositis instructo ; oculis modicis ; prothorace leviter trans- 

 verso, antice parum angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis ; 

 elytris quam prothorax vix longioribus, sparsim fortius punc- 

 tulatis ; abdomine fere ut elytra punctulato. 



[Long. 3J, lat. f line. 

 The prothorax has the usual two discal punctures near the front 

 and no others except a moderately numerous series running along 

 the front and lateral margins. The antennae are moderately 

 elongate, joint 1 the longest, 2 and 3 about equally long (longer 

 than any of the following joints), the rest moniliform (6-10 gently 

 transverse). The general form of this species together with the 

 colour of its prothorax and hind-body give it a notable resemblance 

 to the European Q. xanthopus, Er. ; but the elytra are much less 

 closely punctulate than in that species. The reddish tone of 

 colour is much less noticeable on the prothorax than on the hind- 

 body. More or less resembles Q. rujicollis, Grav., and nigricollis, 

 Fauv., but differs, inter alia, from the former by its very different 

 colouration, from the latter by the dark basal joints of its antennae. 

 The reddish colour of the hind-body is most conspicuous on the 

 hinder part of each segment. 



Tasmania ; sent by A. Simson, Esq. 



