446 STAPHYLINIDAE 



eh'tra dark reddish-brown, less sinning, at the middle of the 

 base with a somewhat quadrate yellow spot : abdomen pitchy- 

 black. Antennae long and slender, infuscate, the first three 

 and the last testaceous. Legs testaceous. Length 4.3 mm. 



Size and general facies of C. littorciim L. but the thorax 

 and antenna longer, the middle joints distinctly longer, the 

 puncturation of the thorax and elytra distinctly less fine. 

 Head extremely finely and moderately closely punctured, 

 finely yellow pubescent. Antenna^ long and slender, all the 

 joints much longer than broad, the 11th longer than 10th. 

 Thorax very finely and rather closely punctured, finely yellow 

 pubescent. Elytra as long as the thorax, less shining, 

 slightly transverse, more finely and more closely punctured. 

 Abdomen very, finely and closely punctured, finely grey 

 pubescent with black setap at sides and apex. 



Kalabit country, a single 9 specimen. 



CONOSOMA BASALE n. Sp. 



Head and thorax shining reddish-yellow, the former blackish 

 behind, the latter on either side of middle at the base with 

 indeterminate black spot : elytra testaceous, the posterior half 

 with the exception of the suture, black, the scutellum and 

 anterior half of the suture narrowly infuscate. Abdomen 

 1st segment ferruginous, the rest black with the posterior 

 margins of the segments furruginous. Antennae with the first 

 three and the last joints testaceous. Legs testaceous. 

 Length 2.5 mm. 



Size and general facies of C. bipunctatiim Gr., but the thorax 

 longer the antennsp longer and more slender, and different 

 colour ; also near C. sunre Fauv.. but more robust, the antenna' 

 longer, the elytra longer and the abdomen differently coloured. 



Head scarcely perceptibly punctured. Antenna- with all 

 the joints distinctly longer than broad, gradually decreasing 

 in length, the penultimate not much longer than broad, the 

 11th longer than 10th. Thorax transverse, finely moderately 

 closely punctured, finely yellow pubescent. Elytra a little 

 longer than the thorax, a little longer than broad, very finely 

 superficially and closely punctured, finely yellow pubescent. 

 Abdomen very finely and rather closely punctured, more 

 shining than the elytra. Very finely pubesc-ent, the sides and 

 apex with long black seta?. 



Mt. Murud, 6500 feet, a single 9 specimen. 



