140 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



coarsely punctured, conjointly emarginate at the apex, and of a 

 deep red colour. Abdomen punctate, and clothed with strong 

 hairs, with the terminal segment and part of the penultimate red, 

 and with the other segments tinged with blue. The tibi^, tarsi, 

 palpi, and three terminal joints of the antennae are yellow. 



219. — PhILONTHUS HiEMOKRHOIDALIS. n. Sp. 



Length 5| lines. 



Head of a dark olive hue, very nitid, almost circular, and 

 depressed, with a short longitudinal impression in the middle 

 and two large punctures on each side of the forehead. Thorax 

 marked and shaped as in the preceding species, but with the 

 anterior angles quite square. Scutellum large, punctate and of 

 a triangular form, with the sides a little rounded. Elytra 

 punctate, broader than the thorax, rounded behind and con- 

 jointly emarginate, and of a brassy olive hue. Abdomen black, 

 and finely punctured with the terminal segment and hinder portion 

 of the penultimate one red. The legs and palpi are red. The 

 antennae have the tliree basal joints red, the three apical ones 

 yellow, and the remainder black. 



220. — Philonthus pilipennis. n. sp. 

 Length 3 lines. 

 Black, subnitid. Head nearly square, with a few punctures 

 on each side. Thorax almost as broad as the head, longer than 

 the breadth, almost parallel-sided, with the anterior angles square, 

 the base I'ound, and the surface smooth with the exception of a 

 line of about six punctures on each side of the middle and a few 

 scattered ones near the sides. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 punctate, and covered thinly with a greyish decumbent pile. 

 Abdomen closely punctured and also clothed with a decumbent 

 greyish pile. Legs, palpi, and basal joint of antennae ferruginous. 



221.— Philoutiius politulus. n. sp. 

 Length 2^ lines. 

 Black, nitid. Head nearlj' circular and smooth. Thorax as 

 broad as the head, longer than the breadth, and almost parallel- 



