444 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIDiE OF AUSTRALIA, 



transversis ; capite nigro, nitido, vix punctulato, sat transverso ; 

 thorace brevissiruo, dimidio latiore quam longiore, marginato, 

 antice fortissime angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, crebre parum. 

 fortiter punctato, foveola basi latiuscula ; elytris thorace vix 

 latioribus, tertia parte lougioribus, crebre fortius, vix rugosule ; 

 abdomine subparallelo, aequaliter dense minus fortiter punctatis. 

 Long. 2 1 mm. (Fvl.) 

 Victoria. 



51. POLYLOBUS TASMANICUS, Sp. n. 



Comparatively short, rather convex, less narrowed in front than 

 behind, bright reddish testaceous, somewhat shining, rather 

 densely clothed with fine fuscous pubescence ; head, external 

 apical angles of the elytra, 2nd to 5th and basal half of the 6th 

 abdominal segments piceous ; antennae with joints 5-11 fuscous. 



Head transverse, highly polished, finely and not very closely 

 punctured. Antennae rather short, 2nd joint rather longer than 

 1st, 3rd shorter and narrower, 4th short and broad, 5th to 10th 

 transverse and gradually increasing in width, 11th acuminate at 

 the extremity. Prothorax broadly transverse, considerably 

 narrowed in front, finely margined, moderately strongly and 

 rather sparingly punctured ; posterior angles obtuse. Elytra 

 considerably longer and somewhat broader than the prothorax, 

 moderately strongly rugulose-punctate, rather closely pubescent, 

 an indistinct triangular marking near the scutellum extending 

 along the suture and the external apical angles broadly piceous. 

 Abdomen rather strongly and closely punctured. Legs reddish 

 testaceous. Length. l£ mm. 



Lottah, Gould's Country, Tasmania. (Simson.) 



A very distinct species apparently allied to Polylobus apicalis. 



52. Polylobus parvicornis. 



Polylobus par vicornis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIIL, p. 586 

 (1878). 



Facie quadam Oxypodae parallelae, antennis brevibus, tenuibus 

 colore et punctura a praecedentibus [apicalis] distinctus; subparal- 

 lelus, convexiusculus, nitidus, sat dense breviter pubescens, piceus, 



