StaphylinidcB of the Amazon Vallei/. 281 



Legs pale yellow; front tibiae short, distinctly dilated 

 towardl the extremity; their tarsi short and sWer. 



Tinaios • a single individual, of doubtlui hcx. 



oT^Tho different shape of the head xnore slender 

 antenL, and the differently-foxjned f-^/. ^^^^ .^^^ ^| ! 

 readily distinguish this species from E. hbiahs ; the mdi 

 viduai described is perhaps somewhat immature. 



10 Fchiaster scissus, n. sp. Testaceus, dense punc- 

 tatus opacus, elytrorum apici medio, abdommisque apice 

 fecicint^u's; capite latekbus curvatis, ocuhs mmoribus; 

 prothorace lato, suborbicidato, profunde bisulcato. Long. 

 Corp. ( vix extenso) H Im. 



Antenna rather slender; 1st joint stout a^cl short, 2nd 

 stout, 3rd and 4th very small, 6-10 each a httle broade 

 Jhan its predecessor, 9 and 10 distmctly transverse llth 

 Xi lort and stout. Head slightly broader than tWx^ 

 a good deal narrower than the elytra; the eyes small, the 

 sides behind the eyes greatly rounded; |^ ^ i^eck veiy 

 slender the middle of the surface much elevated, so that 

 he vertical portion appears much depressed; yellow in 

 colour quite dull, densely and indistmctly punctured. 

 Thorax short, about as long as broad greatly naiTOwer 

 thanSe elyti'a, rounded at the sides, with two deep longi- 

 tiXal imiLssions, so as to make it appear ricanna^e^ 

 densely and indistinctly punctured, quite dull. Ll>tia 

 much Cger than the thorax, rather broad, yellow, wi h 

 rinfuscate patch in the middle at the extremity densely 

 ;unctu?ecl qU dull. Hind body rather broad the W 

 seo-ments rather coarsely punctured, the 6th segment 

 conS Legs pale yellow;Vront tibi^ moderately broad, 



slightly sinuate. 



Taoaios; a single specimen. . , ,, • 



oT-The small eyes readily distingmsh this species 



from ail the others here described. 



LiNDUS (nov. gen. PcBclerinorum). 

 Palpi maxiUares articulo tertio magno, subsecuriformi, 

 ^^aS^^lS^^^at., tenues, valde curvat., eden- 



^^T^rsianteriores fortiter dilatati, posteriore articulo 

 quarto simplice. 



