420 STAPHYLINIDAE 



ASTILBUS VELUTICOLLIS n. Sp. 



Head black, shining, thorax pitchy-brown, opaque densely 

 punctured; elytra pitchy-black, shining; abdomen shining, 

 reddish-testaceous, more or less infuscate along the middle line, 

 the 5th (visible) segment pitchy. Antennae with 2nd and 11 th 

 joints testaceous, the rest more or less infuscate. Legs tes- 

 taceous. Length 3 mm. Head transversely subquadrate. 

 with the large eyes as broad as the thorax, very finely and very 

 sparingly punctured. Antennae with 3rd joint longer than 

 2nd, the following all much longer than broad, 11th nearly 

 twice as long as 10th. 



Thorax distinctly transverse, widest behind the anterior 

 angles, distinctly sinuate and narrowed behind, the posterior 

 angles a little prominent and rounded, very closely and 

 moderately finely punctured. Elytra considerably broader 

 but along the suture about as long as the thorax, transverse, 

 very finely but not very closely punctured and pubescent. 

 Abdomen narrowed behind, the sides strongly elevated, 

 practically impunctate. 



cf. 7th dorsal segment deeply, coarsely and closely 

 punctured ; 8th distinctly crenulate along the posterior margin. 



Mt. Dulit, 3500 feet above sea, a single specimen. 



ASTILBUS STRIGICOLLIS U. sp. 



Shining pitchy-black ; elytra pitchy-brown ; abdomen with 

 the anterior margins of the first 2 (visible) segments rather 

 broadly, the posterior narrowly, testaceous. Antennae tes- 

 taceous, the intermediate joints more or less infuscate. Tjegs 

 pitchy, femora at base and the tarsi testaceous. Length 

 3.2 mm. 



Head transverse, a little narrower than the thorax, the eyes 

 large, temples short, coarctate with the base, almost 

 impunctate. Antennae rather long, scarcely thickened towards 

 apex, the 3rd joint longer than 2nd, 4th to 10th all distinctly 

 longer than broad, gradually decreasing in length, 11th longer 

 than 10th. Thorax longer than broad, convex, the sides 

 narrowed and sinuate before the obtuse posterior angks. 

 rounded in front, widest at the level of the 1st and 2nd thirds, 

 before the scutellum with a deep, shining fovea, the rest of 

 the surface except the extreme margins rather coarsely, closely, 

 longitudinally strigose, the ridges more or less interrupted. 



