222 STAPHYLINIDA. 
6. Hoplandria flavicans. 
Flavicans, capite abdomineque ante apicem piceis; antennis rufis, basi testacea, articulis 5°-10™ valde trans- 
versis; prothorace transverso, subtiliter punctato ; abdomine mediocriter punctato. 
Long. 4 millim. . 
Mas elytris ad angulum suturalem minus alte tuberculatis, abdominis segmento sexto longius carinato. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Sallé). 
Antenne short and stout, third joint rather short, shorter than second, fourth joint 
small but transverse, joints fifth to tenth strongly transverse, joints eight to ten not 
broader than the seventh, indeed just perceptibly narrower, terminal joint rather 
large. Head small, scarcely half as broad as the elytra, obscurely punctate. Thorax 
rather strongly transverse, with the base greatly rounded, finely and not closely 
punctate, without depressions. LElytra rather longer than the thorax, yellow, slightly 
fuscescent at the sides behind, sparingly and rather finely punctate. Legs not elongate, 
clear yellow. 
The two individuals described are males; in addition to the characters mentioned 
above, they have two extremely minute tubercles on the middle of the third dorsal 
plate. M. Sallé has proposed the MS. name of Aleochara bicolor for this species; but 
the rather widely separated coxee, and the less elongate mesosternal process, and the 
four-jointed anterior tarsi indicate that the position of the species is in or near 
Hoplandria. Jam not able to get a sight of the ligula. 
7. Hoplandria vestita. 
Fusco-ferruginea, anterius crebrius pubescens, antennarum basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis, capite nigricante ; 
prothorace fortiter transverso, obsolete punctato; abdomine apicem versus attenuato, segmento 6° dorsali 
crebre punctato. . 
Long. 43 millim. 
Hab. GuateMata, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne short, thickened towards the apex; joints five to ten rather short, trans- 
verse ; terminal joint as long as the two preceding together. Head nearly black, small, 
not more than half as broad as the thorax. Thorax reddish, strongly transverse, the 
sides and base much rounded, indistinctly punctate, but conspicuously pubescent. 
Elytra obscure reddish in colour, longer than the thorax, rather closely and distinctly 
punctate. Hind body dark red, the segments more or less piceous in colour at the 
base of each; the basal segments, a slight punctuation at the extreme base of the fifth 
segment, and the sixth segment moderately closely punctate. Legs rather short. 
This is in appearance much like an insect of the genus Aleochara; the ligula is 
rather elongate and minutely bifid at the extremity. ‘The mesosternal process is much 
produced backwards between the middle coxe. 
Three individuals have been found; they are in extremely fragile condition, and 
show no character from which I can infer their sex. 
