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'•'- 'parum transversus,^^ whereas in the present species the prothorax 

 is notably large aud wide, a character that also distinguishes it 

 inter alia from B. Caroli, Blackb., to which it is also allied. 

 From a certain point of view the non-infuscate disc of each 

 elytron appears as a faint pale spot. 

 S Australia ; at Murray Bridge. 



Tabulation of Species of Bledius. 



As I have now described 8 Bledii, it seems desirable to furnish 

 a tabulated statement of their characters. Of the 5 Australian 

 species described by M. Fauvel I unfortunately know only one, 

 and as that learned author has not happened to describe 

 minutely all those parts of his species which I find lend them- 

 selves most conveniently to tabulation I am unable to include in 

 my tabulation the four of his species that I have not- seen. The 

 same remark applies also to the one Bledius that Sir W. Macleay 

 described. It is, however, quite clear from the descriptions that 

 all those five are very different from those I have described. 



A. Elytra quite distinctly punctulate. 



B. Pronotum coarsely and deeply punctured (like 

 that of B. fracticornis, Payk. 

 C. Eyes comparatively small. Basal joint of 



antennre dark ... ... .. wmaa:, Blackb. 



CC. Eyes much larger. Basal joint of antennae 



pale ... ... ... ... Cowleyi, Blackb. 



BE. Pronotum not coarsely and deeply punctured. 

 C. All the basal four joints of the antennae much 



longer than wide ... ... .. insu/nicornis, Blackb. 



CC. Antennw not having their basal four joints 

 elongate. 

 D. Pronotum opaque. 



E. Elytra very closely punctulate ... injucundus, Blackb. 



EE. Elytra much less closely punctulate.. ovemensis, Blackb. 

 DD. Pronotum very nitid ... ... infa?is, Blackb. 



AA. Elytra indistinctly (not more distinctly than 

 in TrogophUeus exiguui^, Er.) punctulate. 

 B. Eyes extremely prominent and very coarsesly 

 granulate. 

 C. Prothorax very large, scarcely narrower 



than the elytra, strongly transverse ... pouHlis, Blackb. 

 CC. Prothorax much smaller, notably narrower 



than the elytra, feebly transverse ... Caroli, Blackb. 



BB. Eyes feebly convex and feebly granulate ... phytosinus, Fvl. 



OXYTELUS. 



0. tcattsensis, sp. nov. Mas. Robustus ; sat nitidus ; niger, 

 elytris vix picescentibus circa suturam (pnesertim versus 

 apicem) rufescentibus, pedibus testaceis, exemplorum non- 

 nullorum mandibulis apicem versus rufescentibus ; capite 

 magno (quam prothorax vix angustiori), postice sparsim 

 dupliciter (subtiliter et sat fortiter) punctulato, baud 



