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the middle (the external one a trifle more anterior than the 
other), three near the apex placed side by side. In some examples 
the two middle spots just touch each other and in some the three 
subapical spots are slightly in contact with each other. In some 
examples the lateral border of the elytra is more or less pallid. 
N. Queensland ; presented to me by Mr. Koebele. 
SCOPODES. 
S. intricatus, sp. nov. Breviter ovalis; sat nitidus; niger, 
capite prothorace que cupreis, elytris lineis subtilibus albis 
intricate reticulatim ornatis, antennis ferrugineis ; capite 
supra longitudinaliter striolato; prothorace quam caput 
angustiori, supra fortiter striolato, haud canaliculato, fortiter 
transverso, latitudine majori longe ante medium posita, 
angulis posticis dentiformibus, lateribus mox pone marginem 
anticum fortiter angulatis hinc ad basin subrectis ; elytris 
striatis, interstitiis inequaliter convexis (3° 3-foveolato). 
Long., 12 1.; lat., =5 1. 
Readily recognisable by the curious reticulation of fine white 
lines with which its elytra are ornamented ; also notable for the 
coarse striolation of its prothorax which distinguishes it from all 
its described congeners except S. rugatus, Blackb.; from this 
latter it is very distinct inter alia by its prothorax (even in the 
middle) scarcely being lobed or produced hindward behind a 
straight line joining the dentiform hind angles. 
N. Queensland ; presented to me by Mr. Koebele. 
STAPHYLINIDA. 
BARRONICA (gen. nov. Aleocharinarum). 
Myllenam simulans ; antenne breves (his speciel typice quam 
prothoracis latitudo brevioribus) robust, articulis basalibus 
2 sat equalibus, 3° breviori et angustiori, 4° 5° que etiam 
brevioribus, 6°—10° ex ordine latioribus (8°—10° transver- 
sis), 11° longitudine 8°—10° conjunctis «quali; caput in 
prothorace profunde immersum (superne haud preter 
naturam exsertum vix visibile); palpi maxillares modici, 
articulo apicali abrupte gracili; prothorax semicircularis 
(fere ut Corylophi) transversus ; scutellum minutum ; elytra 
quam longiora fere duplo latiora; abdomen _pergracile, 
marginatum, a basi ad apicem fortiter angustatum (ut 
Conuri) ; pedes modici, tarsis anticis 4-articulatis, posterior- 
ibus 4 5-articulatis, posticis quam tibie vix brevioribus 
(articulo basali quam sequentes 3 vix breviori) ; coxe inter 
mediis inter se modice disjuncte. 
I have unfortunately not been able to dissect a specimen suc- 
cessfully enough to ascertain all the characters satisfactorily and 
