294 STAPHYLINIDZA. 
This species is a very distinct one, the upper surface being smooth with the exception 
of a few obsolete punctures on the elytra; and the club of the antenne is remarkably 
abrupt, their seventh joint is small, while the eighth and ninth are strongly transverse ; 
the terminal joint is about as broad as the ninth, and not elongate. 
Only one individual, in very fragmentary condition, has been found. 
4. Oligota teres. 
Angustula, sat elongata, subparallela, dense punctata, haud nitida, nigricans, elytris fuscis, abdominis apice late 
flavo, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. GuateMAtLa, near the city (Champion). 
Antennee short, yellow at the base, becoming darker towards the extremity; third, 
fourth, and fifth joints small and slender; sixth and seventh also small, very short, 
transverse ; eighth and ninth much broader, strongly transverse, of the same width as 
the terminal joint. Palpi infuscate yellow. Elytra evidently longer than the thorax, 
and paler in colour than it. 
This species appears to be very closely allied to O. parva, Kr.; but the speci- 
mens are slightly larger and darker in the colour of the anterior parts, and 
the club of the antennz is a little broader. Mr. Champion has found five specimens, 
quite similar to one another. 
Group DEINOPSINI. 
All the tarsi three-jointed. 
This group will be at present limited to the single remarkable genus Deinopsis. 
DEINOPSIS. 
Deinopsis, Matthews, Ent. Mag. v. p. 198. 
This peculiar genus has only a few species, viz. four in South America, two in 
North America, and one each in Australia, Ceylon, Japan, and Europe. 
1. Deinopsis ferruginea. (Tab. VI. fig. 25.) 
Ferruginea, abdomine paulo magis obscuro, antennis palpisque testaceis ; lata, posterius acuminata, densissime 
subtilissimeque punctulata, opaca; prothorace basi utrinque sinuato, angulis posterioribus prolongatis, 
acutis. 
Long. 3 millim. 
Hab. GuaTEMALA, Coatepeque 1500 feet (Champion). 
Antenne excessively slender, as long as the head and thorax. Head about half as 
broad as the thorax. FElytra about as long as the thorax, the hind angles of the latter 
prolonged backwards and closely clasping the shoulders. Hind body not elongate, 
red ; the hind margins of the segments darker, and visibly crenulate. 
Three individuals have been found. 
