472 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINID^E OF AUSTRALIA, 



somewhat emarginate behind near the external angles. Abdomen 

 strongly narrowed posteriorly. Legs rather long, not spined ; 

 tarsi 4:4:5, posterior pair with the 1st joint elongate. 



86. MYLLAENA INTERMEDIA. 



Myllaena intermedia, Erichson, Kaf. Mark, I., p. 383 (1837) ; 

 Matthews, Cist. Ent. III., p. 37 bis (1883). 



Fuscous black, clothed with a very short fuscous pubescence, 

 closely and finely tuberculate ; head much attenuated in front, 

 mouth yellow ; thorax slightly dilated at the base ; elytra scarcely 

 wider than the thorax ; abdomen scarcely as long as the anterior 

 parts of the body, conic, acutely attenuated towards the apex, 

 apical segment and posterior half of the penultimate pale, edge of 

 the penultimate segment white ; legs and antennae pitchy 

 testaceous. Length 2 mm. (Matth.) 



Victoria ; also found in Europe. 



22. Dinopsis. 



Matthews, Ent. Mag. V., p. 193 (1838); Kraatz, Linn. Ent. 

 XL, p. 37 (1857). 



Mentum large, transverse, broadest at the base. Ligula cleft, 

 lobes nearly as large as the palpi. Maxillary palpi 3-jointed, 

 basal joint minute, the two others long, the terminal one being 

 clavate. Labial palpi 3-jointed, 1st joint large, last joint very 

 small, acuminate. Maxillae with the inner lobe slender, acute at 

 the tip and armed above the middle with sharp teeth ; the other 

 lobe slender, ciliate at the extremity. Mandibles with three 

 strong teeth on the inner side above the middle, membianous and 

 denticulate internally. Head produced in front. Antennae with 

 the 2nd and 3rd joints elongate. Prothorax and elytra transverse. 

 Legs rather short ; tarsi 3:3:3, the first two joints rather short, the 

 3rd as long as the 1st and 2nd together. 



87. Dinopsis australis 



Dinopsis australis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII., p. 567 

 (1878.) 



