On AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA. 



P>^ ARl'HUR M. LKA, F.E.S., Entomologist South Australian MushUM. 



PART T. 



Plate ix. 

 Tni'. C'oleoptera of Auslialia lia\c lieen conii)arali\ ely well-worked only in the 

 Families or lironps eonsislinj;' mainly of large, showy, or otherwise attractive 

 species; about 15,000 species ha\e been named, a numl)er probably far short of 

 what may be obtained in the coastal districts of Oucensland alone. The work of 

 Macleav and King, followed later by Blackburn and ( )llift', with the more or less 

 rapidly-accumulating specimens in the ^ariou^ State .Museums and private collec- 

 tions. lia\e enabled local workers to deal with them at a steadily accelerating rate. 

 The .South .Australian .Museum has been especially fortunate: by the acquisition 

 of the collection of the late Rev. T. Blackburn, authentically-named specimens of 

 thousands of species, including cotypes. were obtained ; and more recently tiie 

 Museum acquired the collection of Air. ,\ugustus .Simson ; this is especially rich 

 in specimens from Tasmania and ijueensland. By its acquisition also the Museum 

 obtained the types of a number of species, as follows: 

 STAPI-IYLINIDAE. CURCU LIOMDAE. 



Alcochara baliola OH. JLvithiiis fcmnjinciis Lea. 



Calodera atypha Oil. Imaliodes frater Lea. 



Calodcra simsoiii Oil. Myrtesis nasuta Lea. 



Homalota indefcssa Oil. Myrtesis |^ullata Lea. 



Mctoponcus enervHS Oil. Pcrissups iiitricatiis Lea. 



Pclioptera astitta ( )11. Poruptcnts sinisoni Lea (iiodusiis 



Polylobus tasinaiiiciis (_)11. Lea, n.pr.). 



i\lALACOVHKMIDAP. Pscudomctyrus vicariiis Lea. 



Jlctcroiiiastix discofliwiis Lea. CllRYSOM ELIDAP:.. 



Mctriorrliyncluis siiiisoni Lea. Cryptoccplialiis sobriinis Lea 



The following pages deal mostly with specimens in the South .Vustralian 

 Museum. 



Family STAPHYLINIDAE. 

 TRIPECTENOPUS gen. nov. 



f/i-ad rather large, ovate, with a \ery narrow neck. Eyes absent. Mandi- 

 bles strong. Ma.xillary palpi with l\\o apical joints rather long and subequal : 



