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punctulato ; elytris thorace vix latioribus et longioribus, trans- 

 versis ; abdomine attenuato, lateribus breviter nigro piloso. Long. 

 U mm. (Fvl.) 



Illawarra, New South Wales ; Tasmania. 



A single individual from Tasmania agrees in most particulars 



with Fauvel's description quoted above, but is somewhat smaller 



in size (measuring only 3|- mm.) and has the antennae wholly 



testaceous. 



66. Aleochara bisulcata. 



Oxypoda bisulcata, Redt. Keise No vara, Zool. II., p. 27 (1867). 

 Aleochara bisulcata, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. X., p. 289 (1877). 



Nigra, nitida, antennarum basi, ano pedibusque piceo-testaceis, 

 elytris fulvis ; capite rotundato, thorace multo angustiore, polito, 

 punctis inter oculos dimidiaque parte postica grossis notato ; 

 antennis thoracis mediam partem vix attingentibus, circa api^em 

 sat fortiter incrassatis, articulis 2-3 elongatis, aequalibus, caeteris 

 latioribus quam longioribus, 11.° ovali, attenuato ; thorace dimiclio 

 latiore quam longiore, antice posticeque angustato, antice recte 

 truncato, angulis maxime obtusis postice omnino rotundato, 

 punctis grossis utrinque irregulariter notatis, disco sulcis duobus 

 longitudinaliter medio punctis grossis confluentibus interruptis ; 

 scutello triangulari, basi punctis aliquot notato; elytris latioribus 

 quam longioribus, thorace longioribus, glabris, punctis sat grossis 

 parum profunde parceque notatis ; abdomine parallelo, glabro, 

 segmentis subtiliter parce punctatis. Long. 3J mm. 



Insectum Aleocharaegenuinae maxime simile, sed palpis labialibus 

 3-articulatis (Rt. tr. Fvl.) 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Port Lincoln, South Australia. 



If the specimen from Port Lincoln is correctly referable to 

 Aleochara bisulcata, which I see no reason to doubt, as it agrees 

 very well with the description, the small terminal joint of the 

 labial palpi must have escaped the observation of Redtenbacher. 

 It is allied to A. punctum, but is shorter and rather more convex ; 

 the prothorax is broader, less narrowed in front and not so densely 

 punctured at the sides ; the elytra and abdomen are more finely 

 punctured. 



