40(S STAPHYLINIDAE 



Medon subdepressus n. sp. 



Nearly opaque, depressed parallel, the head hlack, thorax 

 dark brown, elytra reddish-brown, the sides and apical margin 

 narrowly blackish. Abdomen reddish-bi'own. Antenna* and 

 legs reddish-testaceous. Length 4.5 mm. Head black, 

 subquadrate, broader than the thorax, the temples a little 

 widened behind, the posterior angles rounded, the base 

 slightly emarginate, eys shorter than the length of the temples, 

 on either side behind the antennal tubercles broadly, shallowly 

 impressed, the whole surface densely and finely punctured. 

 Antennne reaching a little beyond the base of the elytra, the 

 2nd joint much shorter than 3rd, 4th to 10th all longer than 

 broad gradually decreasing in lengtli, 11th a little longer than 

 10th. Thorax dark-brown, greasy-lustrous, obscurely rufes- 

 cent along the margins, slightly transverse, anterior and 

 posterior angles rounded, the sides alomst straight and 

 narrowed behind, in the middle line posteriorly with a fine 

 shining groove, on either side of it rather broadly, feebly 

 impressed, very finely and densely granulate. Elytra a little 

 wider and a little longer than the thorax, about as long as 

 broad, finely and closely asperate. Abdomen very finely and 

 closely punctured and pubescent throughout. 



In size lustre and colour very similar to M. opacellus Fauv., 

 but flatter, the head smaller, sculpture of the fore part finer 

 and antennre much longer. 



Mt. Poi, (foot), three specimens. 

 Medon cincliventrts n. sp. 



Pitchy-black, moderately shining, the elytra with large 

 7'eddish-testaceous humeral spot, the first two (visible) dorsal 

 segments fusco-testaceous, the posterior margins of the last 

 two testaceous. Antenna^ and legs reddish-testaceous, femora 

 infuscate. Lengi;!! 3.5 mm. About the size and build of 

 M. aspericollis Cam.* from Java and similarly coloured, but 

 the head is larger and less transverse and the puncturation 

 is umbilicate, the puncturation of the elytra is much 

 coarser, more or less transversely rugulose, the abdomen 

 more shining and more sparingly punctured. Head broader 

 than the thorax, quadrate, as long as broad the temples 

 parallel, posterior angles rounded, base emarginate, the whole 

 surface covered with moderately large, closely placed 

 umbilicate punctures ; the eyes shorter than the temples. 



* This name being preoccupied, is changed to renominatus, 



