458 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINID^S OF AUSTRALIA, 



67. Aleochara actae, sp. n. 



Elongate, moderately broad, and convex, pitchy black, shining, 

 prothorax with two moderately deeply impressed rows of 

 punctures on the disc ; elytra, except near the base, antennae and 

 legs dark reddish testaceous. 



Head rather broad, strongly impressed between the eyes, 

 moderately strongly, irregularly and closely punctured near the 

 base of each antenna, almost destitute of punctures in the 

 middle. Antennge, except the first three joints, rather thickly 

 covered with fine fuscous pubescence ; the basal joint rather large» 

 the second as long as the third, 4-10 considerably shorter, trans- 

 verse, the terminal longer than the two preceding together, 

 rounded at the extremity. Prothorax broadly transverse, slightly 

 narrowed in front, rather strongly margined behind, very sparingly 

 clothed with long yellow pubescence, with a rather deeply 

 impressed longitudinal row of punctures on each side of the 

 middle and an irregular patch of equally strong punctures on each 

 side at the base extending to beyond the basal half ; the anterior and 

 posterior angles rounded; the posterior margin very feebly bisinuate. 

 Scutellum impunctate. Elytra about as long as the prothorax, 

 reddish testaceous, the base dusky, strongly, irregularly and not 

 very closely punctured, sparingly covered with rather long yellow 

 pubescence, a longitudinal patch on each side of the suture near 

 the base and the lateral margins very sparingly punctured. 

 Abdomen closely and very finely punctured, sparingly pubescent ; 

 7 th segment narrowly margined with testaceous. Length 4-^ mm. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; on the sea-shore under decaying 

 sea-weed. 



Differs from Aleochara bisidcata, to which it is evidently allied, 

 in size and colour ; the head is deeply impressed and the punctures 

 forming the longitudinal rows on the prothorax are more closely 

 united ; the elytra are much more strongly, less closely and more 

 regularly punctured than those of the common A. speculifera. 



