ARTICLE III 



REPORT ON COLEOPTERA OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 



By Malcolm Cameron, M.B., R.N., F.R.E.S. 



(Received January 18, 1934) 



The small collection of Staphylinidae, obtained by the Yale North India Expedition, 

 comprised material of fourteen species enumerated below ; nine species are hitherto unde- 

 scribed. By arrangement with Yale University the types of these new species have been 

 incorporated in the collection of the British Museum. 



OXYTELINAE 



Megarthrus rufomarginatits Cam. Nilgiri Hills : Pykara, altitude circa 7000 feet. 

 15-XI-32. 



Lesteva kargilensis sp. n. 



Rather shining, black, the antennae blackish ; femura reddish-yellow, pitchy at apex, 

 tibiae pitchy, tarsi reddish-yellow. Length 3.75 mm. More robust than fluviata Champ., less 

 shining, the antennae much longer, thorax more dilated in front and more finely punctured, 

 elytra more finely punctured. Head bi-impressed between the eyes, closely, moderately 

 coarsely punctured except on the front where only a few fine punctures are present. Antennae 

 long and slender, all the joints much longer than broad. Thorax transverse, cordiform, the 

 sides retracted behind with rectangular posterior angles; l^efore the base with a superficial 

 impression, closely and more finely punctured than the head. Elytra twice as long as the 

 thorax, slightly widened behind, as closely and as finely punctured. Abdomen extremely 

 finely and densely punctured, coriaceous. 



Indian Tibet: Kargil. 24-V-32. Mossy stones by spring. Unique. 



Geodromicus affinis sp. n. 



Rather shining; head and elytra black, thorax and abdomen pitchy (? immature). 

 Antennae and legs reddish-brown. Length 6 mm. Closely allied to kashiiiircnsis Cam., but 

 the head is a little narrower and much less punctured, the thorax more finely punctured, the 

 elytra shorter, more coarsely and less closely punctured and widened behind. Head narrower 

 than the thorax, deeply impressed on the vertex, the ocelli slightly more apart from each 

 other than from the eyes, very finely, sparingly punctured near the eyes, almost impunctatc 

 elsewhere; ground sculpture absent. Antennae long, all the joints much longer than broad. 

 Thorax strongly cordiform, convex, the sides strongly roundecl and widened in front, retracted 

 liehiiid, the ]3nsterior angles rectangular, at the middle of the base with a fovea, narrowly 



Mem. Conn. Acad., Vol. X, Art. III. September, 1934. 



