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very different from O. strobilicola. The type of the latter has been 

 presented to the British Museum. 



EXPLANATION OF TLATES. 

 Plate XIII. 



Chlorophonis strobilicola. 

 Fig. 1. Ovum, X o. 



2. Larva, adult, dor.'^al view, X 5, 



3. ,, ,, profile view, x 'J. 



4. ,, ,, me^othoracic leg, X 150. 



•5. ,, „ head (left half omitted), dorsal aspect, X 70. 



6. „ ,, ,, ,, ventral aspect, X 70. 



7. ,, ,, liihium, detached and viewed from above, X 7u. 



8. „ ,, details of mandible, gTeatly enlarged : «, viewed laterally, 



from outside ; b, from inside ; c, from above. 



Plate XIV. 



Fig. 9. Cone of Finns longifolia, sixteen months old, reduced by I, showing 

 position of eight OA'a of Chlorophnrus strobilicola. 

 10. Detached cone-scales, enlarged, showing position of emergence holes of 

 the beetle: a-c, typical scales; d, showing relative position of ail the 

 eight emergence holes of one c^ne. 



W. Almora. 



/»/?/ 19M, 1919. 



NEW SPECIES OF STAPHYLINIDAE FROM CEYLON.— Part I. 



CT malcol:m camero>', :Nr.B., e.x., f.e.s. 



This paper contains descriptions of SfapJii/liiiidae in the collection 

 of the British Museum (Natural History) made by Mr. Gr. Le\\is in 

 1882. In it have also heen included two or three species obtained by 

 Mr. Gr. E. Brv'ant in 1908, the tj^pes of which are in my own collection. 

 Unless specially noted, the types of the others are in the Museum. The 

 species described in Part I are as follows : — 



Trogopliloeus (Thinodromus) leivisi. 3Iedon (s. str.) championi. 

 ,, (BoopinusJ peregrinus. „ hasalis. 



, (s. str.) nitidipennis. Neobisnius rufipennis. 



Oxytelus (Anotylns) monoceros. Philontlnts triirunctatus. 

 ,, ,, distinctir.ollis. „ ■pubix)ennis. 



Asteiins hindostanus. „ versicolor. 



,, taprobanus. Conosoma rno7itanum 

 Medon (Charichirus) ceylonicus. 



Trogopliloeus {Thinodroiiiiis) leioisi, n. sp. 



Black, moderately shining ; palpi pitchy, hrst joint of the antennae and legs 

 reddish-testaceous, the tibiae pitchy. Length 3 mm. Head narrower than the 



