428 STAPHYLINIDAE 



medially, apex red. Antennre black, the 1st joint completely 

 sulcate, the 4th to 8th oval, gradually decreasing in length, 

 the 9th and 10th as long as broad, 11th longer, conical. Legs 

 black. Length 11.5 mm. 



Kemarkable in the comparatively long, conical inner horns, 

 much produced beyond the level of the small lateral teeth and 

 separated from them by a rounded emargination, the space 

 between the horns sernielliptical : viewed laterally these 

 horns are seen to present a minute tubercle below and just 

 behind the apex, whilst nearer the base a much larger 

 denticle is visible. At the base of the external tooth is 

 a small fovea, the head (except for the median sulcus and 

 frontal impression) not otherwise impressed. The sides of 

 the thorax present two rows of punctures the upper one of 

 seven, one at the anterior and two at the posterior angles, 

 with four intermediate, separated by an impunctate space 

 both from the anterior and posterior punctures ; the lower row 

 is not interrupted and has numerous punctures. 



Mt. Dulit, a single specimen. 

 Priochirus (Cephalomerus) gazella n. sp. (Fig. 3.) 



Black, shining, subdepressed ; head 4 — dentate, the inner 

 long, stout, conical parallel, considerably produced beyond the 

 level of the outer teeth, these much smaller, acute, dentiform ; 

 frontal impression much wider and distinctly longer than the 

 sulcus of vertex, a little longer than the free inner border of 

 the horn, intercornual margin a little produced. Thorax 

 slightly transverse, the sides parallel, biserially punctured, the 

 base not completely bordered, feebly alutaceous. Elytra 

 distinctly longer tha,n the thorax, scarcely alutaceous, the 

 sides punctured. Abdomen closely, finely and irregularly 

 punctured at the bases and sides of the segments ; apex 

 ferruginous. Antennre black, the 1st joint sulcate throughout, 

 4th to 6th oval, 7th moniliform, 8th to 10th about as long 

 as broad or slightl}^ transverse. Legs red, tibia? brown. 

 Length 10 mm. 



Readily distinguished from the preceding species by the 

 close, fine irregular puncturation at the bases and sides of 

 the abdominal segments, which obscures the normal 

 biseriate arrangement, and by the red legs ; the frontal 

 armature is very similar but the impression is much wider ; 

 the upper row of lateral thoracic punctures is not interrupted. 



Mt. Dulit, 3,500 feet, four specimens. 



