492 STAPHYLINIDA, 
This species is very similar to L. armata, but has the head more oblong and rather 
more punctate, and the elytra shorter. The unique individual found is, I have no 
doubt, a male, though the sexual characters are quite different from those of L. 
armata; the last dorsal plate is feebly emarginate in the middle, and the corresponding 
ventral plate broadly truncate. 
4. Lithocharodes germana. 
Rufa, nitida; capite superne fuscescente, pedibus testaceis; capite thoraceque crebre fortiter punctatis, linea 
mediali levigata ; elytris minus subtiliter punctatis, quam prothorax paulo brevioribus; capite subtus 
anterius sat fortiter punctato, posterius fere levigato. 
Long. 7 millim. 
Hab. Guatemara (Sallé), San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Rather larger and broader than L. spinigera, and with the punctuation of the upper 
surface more marked, and the broader head a little narrowed in front, but with totally 
different male characters ; the last dorsal plate has its hind margin slightly thickened 
and sinuously emarginate, while the last ventral plate is broadly truncate and quite 
straight, with its outer angles just perceptibly projecting outwards, not backwards. 
Only one example is before me from San Gerénimo; but I believe I am correct in 
considering the example from Sallé’s collection as its female, although the head is 
quite pale. 
5. Lithocharodes flohri. 
Minus gracilis, rufa, nitida; capite thoraceque crebre fortiter punctatis, linea mediali levigata, hoc anterius 
evidenter latiore ; elytris quam thorax paulo brevioribus; capite subtus sat fortiter punctato, nitido. 
Long. 7 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Uruapan (Flohr). 
This is larger and broader than any of the other species, but the other distinctions from 
L. spinigera are small, and as the two examples before me are apparently both females, 
the validity of their specific distinction cannot be fully established. 
6. Lithocharodes fuscipennis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 6.) 
Lithocharodes fuscipennis, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 205*. 
Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city, Zapote, San Gerdnimo, Paso Antonio (Champion).— 
Sout. AMEeRiIcA, Amazons }, 
This is apparently a rare insect, only one example having been brought from each 
locality where it has been met with. I do not observe any marked sexual characters 
in the examples obtained. The specimen figured is from Paso Antonio. 
7. Lithocharodes fusciventris. 
Minus lete rufa, nitida; elytris abdomineque fuscis, illis apice pedibusque testaceis; capite thoraceque fortiter 
