466 A KEVISION OF THE STAPHYLINID^ OF AUSTRALIA, 



minuti. Palpi maxillares articulo minuto addito (5.°) bene distincto. 

 Tibiae anticae et intermediae fortiter spinosae. Tarsi breves, 5- 

 articulati, posticorum articulo 1.° circiter 2Hongitudine, 5.° tribus 

 praecedentibus simul sumptis aequali. (Fvl.) 



This genus is allied to Aleochara which it resembles in having 

 the maxillary palpi 5-jointed, but is sufficiently distinguished by 

 the form of the posterior tarsi, the first joint in Aleochara being 

 one half longer than the second. 



79. CORREA OXYTELINA. 



Correct oxytelina, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII., p. 592 

 (1878). 



Magnitudine satis Aleocharae nitidae, multo longior et angustior, 

 facie quasi Oxyteli insecati, parallela, nitidissima, parce breviter 

 fusco pubescens, nigra, palpis, antennarum articulis 3 primis, 

 elytris, praeter summam basim vix et latera infuscata, pedibusque 

 laete rufis ; antennis parum incrassatis, sat brevibus, articulo 4.° 

 vix, sequentibus sat fortiter trans versis, 11.° ovato ; capite 

 thoraceque insignibus, utroque elytris in £ latiore, illo maximo, 

 suborbiculato, convexo, hoc transverso, subsemicirculari, antice 

 recte truncato, angulis anticis acutis, lateribus parallelis, basi cum 

 angulis posticis rotundato ; capite caeterum utrinque parce sat 

 fortiter, post oculos subasperatim punctato ; thorace vage vix 

 perspicue punctato, in (J) longiore, antice parum angustato ; elytris 

 parvis, parum convexis, thorace subbrevioribus, transversis, parce 

 parum fortiter, abdomine praeter segmentorum basim subtiliter 

 parum dense subasperatim, 6.° parcius, punctatis ; £ segmento 7.° 

 supra medio apice subtiliter emarginato, spinulis numerosis, 

 brevibus, tenuissimis quasi ciliato. Long. 4-4ty mm. (Fvl.) 



Adelaide, South Australia. 



18. Oligota. 



Mannerheim, Brachel, p. 72 (1830) ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. 

 II., p. 39. 



Mentum transverse, narrowed and feebly emarginate in front. 

 Ligula very small, bifid. No visible pataglossas. Maxillary 



