312 The Insect Fauna of Van Biemen's Land. 



The most important Staph^Unee were in the first collection, 

 and have abeady been described by me in the " Gen. et 

 Spec. Staphyl. ;" since then we have received but one new 

 Aleochara. The remaining species are Conurus Australis, {^) 

 fumatus (t)^ Xantholimis cyanopterus (f), chlorojpterus {\\), 

 StapJiylinus lanio (§), Pliylonthits ruficollis (^), hylri- 

 dus i^*), pacificus (tt)j Oxytelus coUaris (J J) ; all of 

 which belong to widely distributed species. The Xantho- 

 lidce approach more nearly to those of the tropics than to 

 those of the northern hemisphere. 



Staphylinus lanio, although closely allied to our own St. 

 maxillosns, forms with the New Holland species St. erytJiro- 

 cephalus, and the New Zealand St. oculatus, a group peculiar 

 to Australia^ distinguishing itself in the family fCreophilus 

 Leach.y), to which it belongs^ by its colour and its want of 

 down. The type of this family is the above-mentioned St, 

 maxillosus. 



The Bvprestidce of New Holland present manypeculiarities, 

 particularly in the preponderance of the genus Stigmodera, 

 which is common also to South America. Its numerous 

 small species are very characteristic of New Holland. Van 

 Diemen's Land, however, does not appear so rich in species 

 as the continent ; as yet we have received only one small, 

 but new, species of Stigmodera. On the whole, the number 

 of Bup'estida there is very small. Two new species 



(*) Genera et Species Staphylinorum. 221. 3. 



(t) The same. 228. 15. 



(t) The same. 311. 9. 



(§) The same. 311. 10. 



(ID The same. 354. 9. 



(^) The same. 431. 5. Staphyl. ruficollis Grav. Mon. Micr, 71. 58. 



(**) Gen. et Spec. Staphyl. 432. 6. 



(It) The same. 501, 125. 



(XX) The same. 789. 7 



