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basal quarter ; Lotli systems of punctures are somewliat 

 crowded together, and confused near the lateral margins. 

 Eoth this species and A. Iceta must be allied to A. hisulcata^ 

 E-edt., but the "an tennis thoracis mediam partem vix attin- 

 gentibus" of that insect is quite irreconcilable with its being 

 identical with either of them, 



I possess a single specimen sent to me from "Western Aus- 

 tralia by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



A. insignis, sp. nov. Nitida ; nigra ; antennis pedibusque 

 piceis ; capite prothorace elytrisque ssqualiter subtiliter 

 sparsissime punctatis ; abdomine Isevi ; capite convexo 

 fortiter transverso ; antennarum articulis basalibus 3 

 elongatis, 3° 2° longiore, articulis 4-10 fortiter trans- 

 versis, 11° duobus prsecedentibus conjunctis aequali ; pro- 

 thorace duplo latiori quam longiori ; elytris transversis 

 prothorace vix longioribus. Long., 4<\ mm. 

 This insect is utterly unlike any other Aleochara known to 

 i^e. Until examined with a strong lens it appears quite devoid 

 ^f puncturation. The apical segments of my unique specimen 

 ^re unfortunately too much damaged for accurate investiga- 

 tion, but, as far as I can make out, the last segment is slightly 

 I'oughened, as with minute granules. The hind margin of each 

 Segment of the hind body is a little inclined to reddish. 

 Port Lincoln. 



PHILONTHTJS. 



P. ornatus, sp. nov. Niger ; nitidus ; antennarum basi man- 

 dibulis palpis pedibusque pallidis, elytris rufis antice et 

 postice f usco-umbratis ; antennis capiti prothoracique con- 

 junctis longitudine subaqualibus, articulis 7-10 leviter 

 transversis ; capite prothorace paullo angustiori, puuctis 

 interocularibus postocularibusque sat sparsim (ut in P. 

 sanguinicolli, Fauv.) positis ; prothorace tertia parte lon- 

 giore quam latiore, seriebus dorsalibus (puncto ad mar- 

 ginem anticam excepto) 4 punctatis, punctis 3 aliis extus 

 medio aliis que 2 parum obliquis prope augulum anticum 

 positis, lateribus parum rotundatis subparallelis ; scutello 

 sparsius subtilius, elytris parum dense fortius, abdomine 

 subtilius nee crebre, punctatis; elytris prothorace sat 

 longioribus. Long., 4t mm. 

 Considerably smaller than P. sanguinicollis, Eauv. (which, 

 according to my , measurements, varies from 4f to 6f mm, in 

 length) ; also narrower and more parallel than that insect, with 

 the thorax differently punctured, and the elytra much more 

 coarsely and the hind body much more sparingly punctured. 

 The infuscation on the elytra fills up the humeral and external 

 apical corners, the two spots being very obscurely united along 



