424 ]Mr. D. Sharp's Vnntrihittions to Staph i/llnidce. 



tlic Insect is one of the most anomalous of the Staphi/linidcp, 

 and that the determination of its nearest allies will be 

 a matter of difficulty. The structui-e of the anterior 

 coxal cavities, 1 anticipate, will be found to be very close 

 to that which obtains in Tlwrax()])Iiorus corticinus ; from 

 that insect its tro})hi, however, remarkably separate it and 

 appear to indicate a relationship with the anomalous genus 

 JvcGEsthctus. I am unac(|uainted with the North American 

 genera Edaphus and Stictocranius, and am unable to 

 guess what relationship it may bear thereto. Its nearest 

 allies I cannot, therefore, at present point out. 



1. TureUiiA Batesl, n. sp. Obscure rufescens, opacus, 

 antennis pedibusque testaceis, elytris tricostatis. Long, 

 corp. ^ lin. 



Antennae yellow, about as long as head. Head a good 

 deal narrower than the thorax, tlie front part in the middle 

 rather largely depressed ; the depressed part triangular, 

 and limited in front by the slightly raised and curved edge 

 of the clypeus, and on each side by an obscure raised line 

 pi'oceeding from the point of insertion of the antennae ; 

 these two lines converge about the middle of the head, 

 but do not quite meet with one another ; the surface is 

 opaque and dull, but has no distinct sculpture. Thorax 

 (piite as broad as the elytra, quite twice as broad as long ; 

 the front margin a little sinuate on each side, the front 

 angles not in the least defiexed, a little rounded, the short 

 sides nearly straight ; the hind margin a good deal cut 

 away on each side, so as to leave a gap between the thorax 

 and elytra at the sides ; the surface not quite even, but 

 with tAvo indistinct, distant, longitudinal elevations ; be- 

 tween these, at the base, are three very minute and in- 

 distinct fovea? ; the surface quite dull, but with no distinct 

 sculpture. Elytra broad, a good deal longer than the 

 thorax, each with three raised, longitudinal lines, the 

 inner one of Avhich is the most distinct, and is placed 

 about midway between the sutia-e and side ; the second 

 is placed quite at the side, and the third, or outer one, 

 which is near the second, is placed on the defiexed lateral 

 portion of the wing case ; the pleiu-al portion of the wing 

 case under this third line is abruptly inflexed and rather 

 broad. The surface is dull, but without distinct sculp- 

 ture. Hind body dull, without distinct sculpture. 



Ega ; a single individual, Avhose sex I do not know. 



