456 A REVISION OF THE STAPH YLINID.E OF AUSTRALIA, 



transverse. Prothorax strongly transverse, slightly narrowed in 

 front, rather strongly margined behind, with a deeply impressed 

 row of punctures on each side of the middle, the sides broadly 

 and rather strongly depressed, strongly and closely punctured, the 

 anterior and posterior angles rounded, the base feebly bisinuate. 

 Scutellum closely and rather strongly punctured at the base, 

 impunctate at the hind-margin. Elytra not longer than the 

 prothorax, strongly and densely punctured, a longitudinal patch 

 on each side of the suture extending from just behind the base to 

 the apical two-thirds and the lateral margins shining and 

 impunctate. Abdomen closely and very finely punctured ; 7th 

 segment more strongly and rather sparingly punctured. Legs 

 black, tarsi piceous. Length 4^-6 mm. 



Upper Hunter, New South Wales; Port Frederick (on the 

 sea-shore under a dead gull), Tasmania ; an abundant species. 



This species is easily recognised by the large highly polished 

 patch on the disc of each elytron. 



65. Aleochara punctum. 



Aleochara punctum, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII., p. 593 



(1878.) 



Minimis exemplariis fuscipeclis forma satis vicina, ab omnibus 

 omnino distincta ; nigra, nitidissima, antice posticeque attenuata, 

 parce griseo pubescens, antennarum articulis 2 primis, segmento 

 7.° summo apice pedibusque plus minusve rufo-testaceis ; antennis 

 brevibus, sat incrassatis, articulo 3.° apice piceo, basi rufo, 4.° vix, 

 5.° magis, 6-10 fortiter transversis, 11.° acuminato; capite utrinque 

 parce parum profunde, thorace vage paulo fortius, elytris parum 

 dense fortiter subsquamatim, abdomine disperse subtiliter, 

 punctatis ; segmentis 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 disco medio laevibus ; thorace 

 sat transverso, antice fortiter, postice minus angustato, sulcis 

 2 longitudinalibus basi profunde impressis, medio et antice 

 evanescentibus, punctis 4 majoribus, quadratim positis ; angulis 

 ])osticis sat rotundatis, basi fortiter marginata ; scutello vix 



