422 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLIISID.E OF AUSTRALIA, 



3rd slightly longer than 2nd, considerably thickened anteriorly, 

 4th small, much narrower than the preceding. Labial palpi 3- 

 jointed, the 2nd joint about half as long as the 1st, the 3rd some- 

 what longer and narrower. Maxillae narrow, the lobes of nearly 

 equal lengths ; the inner lobe membranous internally, ciliate near 

 the apex ; external lobe ciliate on the inner side near the extremity. 

 Mandibles armed internally with two moderately large teeth, the 

 apex acute. Head large, transverse, broadly and rather deeply 

 depressed behind the antennae. Eyes oval, moderately large, not 

 very prominent. Antennae 11 -jointed; the basal joint nearly 

 twice as long as broad, slightly narrowed at each extremity, joints 

 2-6 feebly dilated on the inner and very strongly dilated on the 

 outer side, — the 2nd joint being twice as broad as long, the 

 3rd as broad as the second, but slightly shorter, the others consi- 

 derably shorter and gradually decreasing in breath ; 7th joint 

 narrower, a little longer than broad, 8-10 slightly increasing in 

 width, the apical joint nearly as long as the two preceding ones 

 together, acuminate at the extremity. Pro thorax transverse, a 

 little narrower than the elytra, the sides and all the angles rounded. 

 Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra rather longer than the pro- 

 thorax, truncate and narrowly margined behind ; the inner apical 

 angles obtuse. Abdomen rather long, widest just behind the 

 middle, rather strongly margined. Legs moderately long ; femora 

 unarmed; tarsi 4:5:5, posterior feet with the first joint not quite 

 as long as the second. 



This genus is chieflv remarkable for having some of the basal 

 joints of the antennae enormously dilated externally, a character 

 unique, as far as I am aware, in the sub-family to which it 

 belongs. Its location is somewhat difficult to determine, but I 

 am of opinion that it cannot be far removed from Pelioptei'a, 

 which it resembles in fades, except that it is rather more convex. 



19. Apphiana veris, n. sp. 



(Plate VII., fig. 1.) 



Elongate, parallel, somewhat convex, dark piceous, shining, 

 finely and sparingly pubescent; antennae, palpi, prothorax and 



