wide running obli([uely ; thorax narrow, parallel, the ex- 

 tremities obtuse, five rows of punctures on the back ; elytra 

 broader than thorax, very little longer, pretty deeply and 

 rather densely punctate, while the abdominal punctures are 

 much finer and closer ; these latter organs have small sparse 

 pubescence ; in male the seventh segment has an obtuse 

 incision below the apex, behind this a pretty deep triangular 

 impression, smooth. 



Length. — 3-4i mill. 



Localities. — Asia, Europe, Africa, America, Victoria, Ade- 

 laide. 



Obs. — Without doubt a cosmopolitan species, as longicornis 

 and many others of the genus. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF QUEDIUS. 



The head transverse or orbicular. 



A. Size large ; elytra red ; antenna? and feet blackish pitch ; 



margins of all abdominal segments red. fulgidus. 

 1]. Size medium or small; elytra not red, of one colour; 

 clypeum red. 

 a. Abdomen all black, head small. tlwracicus. 



h. Abdomen black, anus reddish, head very large. 



ruiicollis. 



Q. fulgidus, Fabr. ; Fauvel, I., p. 100. 



Black, nitid ; the elytra, margins of the segments, anus and 

 tarsi red, antenna" brown except the base, somewhat robust, 

 the 11th joint obliquely truncated ; head large, suborbiculate, 

 disc very obsolete, punctate densely and rather deeply behind 

 the eyes ; three large punctures situated in a curve between 

 the eyes and neck ; thorax transverse, a broad impression on 

 each side, base rounded and sinuous, anteriorly somewhat 

 narrow and inflexed ; anterior extremities right angles, the 

 posterior rounded ; two punctures on each side close together 

 on the front of the disc, three or four others on the sides 

 arranged in a curve ; elytra a little longer than thorax, rather 

 deeply and densely punctate, the abdomen even more finely and 

 thickly, with iron-gold pubescence, the last segment almost red, 

 tlie sixth marked underneath with five bristly punctures ; in 

 male the head is much larger, broader, the top strongly 

 depressed marginally ; the sixth segment curved underneath, the 

 middle impressed and pilose for about 5 m. ; the seventh obtuse 

 and finely emarginate, smooth, slightly depressed behind the 

 incision. The palpa^, antenna*, and feet are sometimes red. 



Length.—H-lO mill. 



Localities. — Java, Asia, Europe, N. America, Melbourne, 

 Tasmania. Nuriootpa, Mr. Tepper's collection. 



