160 Arthur M. Lea : 



cal laaculae are also scarcely traceable. Tasmanian (and King 

 Island) specimens, however, are frequently so much darker than 

 those from the mainland that no importance can be attached to 

 this. 



DvTIsriDAK. 



29. Bidessi/s i:^c/iic/Ii/s^ Clark. 



30. Rhantus piilveroiiis, Steph. 



31. H yd erodes shuckhardi, Hope. 



32. Cyhister tripiinctcitus, Fab. 



Hydrophyllidae. 



33. Paracynms pygmaeus, Macl. 



34. Cercyou flavipes, Fabr. 



35. C. fossi//n, Blarkl). 



36. C. kingensis, Blackb. 



Stapiiymnidak. 



37. Falagria Jauveli, Sol. 



38. Aleochara kershaivi, n. sp. 



Black ; elytra in part, parts of palpi and of legs of a more or 

 less reddish browm. Sparsely pubescent, the sides with a few 

 longish hairs. 



Head coarsely punctate, with a sparsely punctate impression 

 in middle-, the impression terminating in a subtrangular ini- 

 punctate space. Antennae fairly stout, first joint as long as 

 second and third combined, these subequal in length, fourth — 

 tenth strongly transverse. FrotJiura/: about once and one-half 

 as wide as long, sides and base strongly rounded ; with coarse, 

 irregularty distributed punctures, but forming an irregular line 

 on each side of middle. EJyird with rather coarse punctures, be- 

 coming smaller posteriorly, and absent from a shining narrow 

 .space on each side, and from a small space near the suture and 

 scutellum. Abdomen with small and fairly dense punctures, in- 

 terspersed with Uwger ones on the iipical half of each segment ; 

 under surface with sparser punctures of medium size. Length, 

 5J, to a|)ex of elytra 3 ; variation in leiiuth. 4|-G mm. 



