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the characters that require dissection for their determination;, 

 its anterior tibise resembling those of a Scaritid ought to 

 render its identification easy. The eyes cannot be seen at all 

 when the insect is looked at from above. 



Victoria ; I have forgotten the circumstances of capture. 



BLEDIUS. 



B. Cowley i, sp. nov. Subnitidus ; obscure ferrugineus, capite 

 nigro, prothorace piceo-nigro, antennis (his apicem versus 

 fere nigris) pedibus et abdomine subtus testaceis, mandibulis 

 rufis ; capite opaco vix manifesto punctulato, inter oculos 

 fovea median a impresso, sutura clypeali arcuata ; oculis 

 magnis, fortiter convexis, fortiter granulatis ; prothoraea 

 quam caput vix latiori, modice transverso, longitudinaliter 

 profunde sulcato, grosse sat crebre punctulato ; elytris 

 crebrius sat subtiliter (sed nullo modo indistincte) punctulatis, 

 quam prothorax paullo longioribus ; abdomine subnitido^ 

 creberrime subtilissime punctulato. Long., 1 j 1. 

 This species is probably near capitaliSj FvL, from which, how- 

 ever, it evidently differs inter alia, not only by its darker color, 

 but also by its puncturation. JB. capitalis is described as having 

 its pronotum '^ subtiliter" and its elytra ^^ vix fortius" punctulatis 

 (implying that the elytral puncturation is less fine than that of 

 the pronotum), whereas in the present species the pronotum is 

 impressed with large coarse punctures (fully as coarse as in the 

 European B. fracticornis, Payk), while the elytral puncturation 

 is much finer than in B. fracticornis. 



Queensland ; taken near Cairns by the late Mr. Cowley. 

 B. Adelaides, Blackb. This species must, I think, be removed 

 from Bledius and placed in Trogoplilous. 



B. 2^ontilis, sp. nov. Minus nitidus ; breviter albido-pubescens; 

 piceus, elytris pallide testaceis (circa discum leviter 

 infuscatis), antennis piceo-testaceis basin versus dilutioribus, 

 pedibus rufo-testaceis ; capite creberrime subtilissime 

 subaspere punctulato, inter antennas leviter bi impresso, 

 oculis valde prominentibus, grosse granulatis ; prothorace 

 quam caput paullo latiori, sat fortiter transverso, 

 longitudinaliter subtiliter canaliculato, creberrime subtilis- 

 sime punctulato ; elytris confertim sat subtiliter (quam 

 pronotum multo minus subtiliter) punctulatis, quam 

 prothorax sat longioribus ; abdomine sat nitido, subti- 

 lissime punctulato. Long.j IJ 1. 



Not unlike the European B. atricapilhis, Germ., but evidently 

 larger and inter alia the prothorax much wider ; also probably 

 resembles B. convexifrons, Fvl., but that species is said to be' 

 much smaller than B. atricajnllus, and to have its prothorax. 



