464 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINIBvE OF AUSTRALIA, 



punctis 4 majoribus quadratim positis ; scutello punctato ; elytris 

 thorace parum brevioribus, confertim minus prof unde punctatis ; 

 abdomine leviter acuminato, segmentis fortiter, apicem versus 

 minus crebre punctatis. Long. 3^ mm. (Fvl.) 



Gayndah, Queensland ; also recorded from India, Ceylon and 

 the Celebes. 



The colour of this species is stated to be variable ; in some 

 specimens the lateral marking on the elytra is wanting. 



76. Aleochara vicina, sp. n. 



Elongate, rather narrow, slightly convex, reddish testaceous, 

 finely and sparingly clothed with grey pubescence ; head piceous ; 

 elytra pale testaceous, with a moderately large dusky spot about 

 the scuteilum ; 5th and 6th abdominal segments dusky at the 

 base ; antennae and legs pale testaceous. 



Head very finely and closely punctured. Antennae with the 

 second joint shorter than the third. Prothorax transverse, 

 narrowed in front, very finely and closely punctured, the 

 pubescence moderately close, all the angles rounded. Scuteilum 

 very small. Elytra about as long as the prothorax, rather finely 

 and very closelypunctured, the pubescence fine and close. Abdomen 

 slightly narrowed posteriorly, finely and moderately closely 

 punctured, the pubescence rather long. Length 3 mm. 



King George's Sound, West Australia. 



Allied to Aleochara croceipennis. 



77. Aleochara puberula. 



Aleochara puberula, Klug, Col. Madag. p. 51 (1883); Kraatz 

 Wiegm. Archiv. XXV., p. 16 (1859.) — Aleochara decor ata, Aube, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2) XIX., p. 311 (1850.) — Aleochara Armitagei, 

 WolJaston, Ins. Mad., p. 559 (1854.) — Aleochara dubia, Fauvel, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) III., p. 429 (1863.) 



Nigra, fusco-pubescens, antennis basi apiceque, thoracis limbo 

 tenui, elytrorum vitta obliqua pedibusque runs, abdomine confertim 

 fortius punctato, segmento septimo supero subtruncato. Long. 

 H-lf lin. 



