900 A REVISION OF THE STAPHYLINID^ OP AUSTRALIA, 



106. Tachyporus RUBRICOLLIS. 



Tachyporus rubricollis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. "Wales, 

 II., p. 137 (1871). 



Elongate, narrowed both in front and behind, reddish testaceous, 

 finely and not very closely pubescent, elytra darker in colour, 

 inclining to piceous ; abdomen piceous. 



Head small, transverse, finely and very sparingly punctured. 

 Antennae reddish testaceous, rather short, thickened towards the 

 extremity ; basal joint elongate ; 4-10 transverse. Prothorax 

 transverse, rather strongly narrowed in front, finely and not very 

 closely punctured ; sides regularly and not very strongly arcuate. 

 Elytra about as long as the prothorax, slightly narrower in front 

 than behind, finely, irregularly and not very closely punctured ; 

 sides arcuately rounded ; posterior margin slightly sinuate before 

 the external angles which are slightly produced. Abdomen strongly 

 narrowed posteriorly, finely and moderately closely punctured. 

 Legs reddish testaceous. Length 2 mm. 



Gayndah, Queensland. 



26. Cilea. 



Jacq. Duv. Gen. Staph, p. 25 — Erchomus, Motschulsky, Bull. 

 Mosc. III., p. 218 (1858). 



Body short, convex. Ligula short, bilobed. Maxillary palpi 

 with the 2nd and 3rd joints sub-equal, the 4th acuminate. Labial 

 palpi with the 3rd joint narrow, elongate. Head sunk in the 

 prothorax. Antennae filiform or thickened towards the extremity. 

 Scutellum large. Elytra glabrous, without a sutural stria. 

 Abdomen margined. Mesosternum carinate. Legs moderately 

 long; tibise armed with small spines; tarsi 5:5:5, the posterior 

 with the first joint as long or longer than the three following joints 

 taken together. 



107. Cilea lampra, sp. n. 



Robust, moderately convex, dark piceous, shining, with distinct 

 purple reflections ; prothorax narrowly margined with testaceous ; 

 elytra with a large oblique testaceous marking on the disc, 

 antennse and legs reddish testaceous. 



