678 COLEOPTERA. 



Group Staphylinidae. 

 Quedius Leuch. Lacord., Hist, des Ins. Coleopt., Tom. 2, p. 84. 



4270. Quedius badius sp. nov. 



Nitid, elongate, only slightly convex ; light rufocastaneous, head a 

 little darker, hinder portion of elytra irregularly infuscate ; these latter 

 and the hiiul-body with subdepressed yellowish-grey pubescence. 



Head subovate, as broad and long as thorax, truncate in front, the 

 labruni short and apparently entire ; with a rotundate punctiforni central 

 impression in line with the front of the eyes, bipunctate alongside these, 

 less distinctly so behind. Eyes somewhat convex, scarcely half the length 

 of the sides of the head. Thorax of equal length and breadth, its sides 

 ver}^ finely margined and nearly straight, the apex widely emarginate so 

 that its angles, though obtuse, appear prominent, the base moderately 

 curved, its angles obsolete ; there are two apical punctures, two or three 

 along each side of the middle, and about four across the base. Scutellum 

 triangular, large, its centre closely punctate. Elytra not longer than 

 broad, slightly and gradually narrowed anteriorly, the apices oblique 

 towards the suture ; their punctation not very close, moderately coarse 

 but shallow. Hind-body elongate, its sculpture like that of the wing-cases, 

 but bearing slightly longer and more .slender pubescence ; terminal styles 

 long. 



Antennae of about the same length as bead and thorax, basal three 

 joints almost equally elongate, 4-6 gradually decrease, 7-10 obconical, 

 liardly any longer than broad, the terminal sligiitly larger, obliquely cut 

 away at the extremity. 



Anterior tarsi short, their basal four joints broadly expanded. 

 Underside rufo-castaneous, sixth ventral segment rounded behind. 



Notwithstanding its shorter wing-cases, more convex eyes, and prominent 

 anterior thoracic angles, this species is placed in proximity to Q. fuscatiis 

 (1839). 



(J. Length, 10 mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Gordon's Pyramid, Mount Arthur ; 4,500 ft. ; 13th January, 1918. 

 Mr. A. C. O'Connor obtained two exactly alike ; one he retained. 



4271. Quedius bryocharis sp. nov. 



Elongate, head and thorax shining aeneo-niger, elytra, legs, and 

 antennae castaneous, these last with paler and more rufescent basal joints ; 

 hind-body slightly variegated castaneo-fuscous and, like the elytra, clothed 

 with long subdepressed, obscure yellowish pubescence. 



Head oviform, not broad, as long as but narrower than thorax ; 

 bipunctate alongside each eye, and with a single puncture a little further 

 back but not in line with the others, the back part also bipunctate ; under 

 a strong lens the surface appears densely, finely, transversely strigose. 

 Eves oblong-oval, half the length of the sides. Labrum medially but not 

 deeply emarginate, with outstanding black and yellowish setae in front. 

 Thorax slightly broader than long, broadly rounded and finely margined 

 at the base, with obsolete angles, its sides gently curvedly narrowed 

 towards the truncate apex ; with a pair of small apical punctures at each 

 side of the middle, a discal pair before the middle, and about six across 

 the base. Scutellum triangular, large. Elytra not longer than broad, 

 rather wider than thorax behind, apices oblique towards the suture ; their 

 sculpture moderately close but not definitely punctiforni. Hind-body 

 sculptured like the elytra. 



