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28. Staphylinus sallei. 
Haud latus, niger; capite, thorace elytrisque fusco-eneis, illis dense fortiter punctatis, haud omnino opacis, 
fusco-pubescentibus ; abdomine fusco-pubescente, in medio parum conspicue bifariam maculato; tibiis 
tarsisque fusco-testaceis. 
Long. 21 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Parada (Sailé). 
Antenne nearly black ; second and third joints yellow at the base. Head moderately 
large, eyes occupying fully one half the length of the sides, coarsely and closely punc- 
tured, but with the interstices a little shining. Thorax about as long as broad, slightly 
narrowed towards the front, punctured like the head, with a narrow smooth line along 
the middle, which is continuous with a still narrower line on the posterior half of the 
head. Elytra not longer than the thorax, quite dull. Hind body black, clothed with 
fuscous pubescence, its variegation indistinct. Posterior femora dull sordid yellow, 
marked with black; middle and posterior tibiee and tarsi fuscous reddish. 
This is narrower than S. consors, and has a less densely punctate head and thorax; 
it is closely allied to S. antiquus, but is larger, and the eyes do not occupy so large a 
portion of the sides of the head; by this latter character and by the concolorous apex 
of the hind body it is distinguished from the Amazonian S. priscus. I have seen only 
a single example. 
29. Staphylinus modestus. (Tab. IX. fig. 21.) 
Haud latus, nigerrimus, nigro-tomentosus; abdomine in medio bifariam nigro-maculato; capite thoraceque 
omnino opacis, illo minore anterius angustato, hoc elytris paulo longiore densissime subtiliter punctato. 
Long. 19-21 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Flohr, Hoge). 
Antenne short. Head narrower than the thorax, considerably narrowed in front, 
very densely and subobsoletely punctate, with quite short pubescence ; mandibles black ; 
eyes occupying fully one half the length of the sides. Thorax rather longer than 
broad, very densely and indistinctly punctate. Scutellum clothed with intensely black 
velvety pile. Hind body very black, with two indistinct velvety distant spots on the 
middle of each segment. 
The male has a deep emargination on the terminal ventral plate, and a slight emargi- 
nation on the preceding segment; in front of the latter emargination the surface is 
impressed. 
I have seen but two examples of this species. It is very similar to the North- 
American S. tomentosus, but is a good deal narrower, and has a smaller head, a larger 
proportion of its sides being occupied by the eyes, the pubescence is less rusty, and 
the hind body is free from the conspicuous larger punctures seen in the North-American 
insect. In the figure the head is represented too short and broad. 
