new species of Staphylindae from India. 527 
than the thorax, strigose and obsoletely punctured. Abdomen 
shining, finely and moderately closely punctured. 
3: 6th ventral segment broadly emarginate. 
Hab. 8. Invia, Nilgiri Hills (Mr. H. E. Andrewes’ 
Collection). Found in numbers in a decayed Ficus in 
nest of Phidologiton diversus, Jerd., by Mr. H. L. Andrewes, 
November 1906. 
4. Platystethus dilutipennis, n. sp. 
Black, shining; thorax with a row of three or four punctures 
on either side of the middle line and two or three near the sides, 
_ otherwise impunctate. Elytra testaceous, infuscate about the 
scutellum and the postero-external angles. Antennae with first 
four joints reddish testaceous, the rest black. Mandilles, palpi and 
legs testaceous. Length 3:5 to 4 mm. 
Head (in 3) very large, transversely suborbicular, densely cori- 
aceous, scarcely perceptibly punctured, broader than the thorax; 
in 2 scarcely as broad as the thorax, more shining, much less cori- 
aceous, very finely and sparingly punctured. In both sexes the 
front is produced into two rather short triangular spines. Antennae 
with 2nd and 3rd joints of equal length, 4th globose, 5th slightly, 
the following gradually more strongly transverse, 11th elongate, 
oval. Thorax almost semicircular, posterior angles obliterated, 
the anterior rectangular; disc with three or four large punctures 
on either side of the middle line and two or three nearer the sides, 
no perceptible ground sculpture. Zlytra transverse, emarginate 
posteriorly; measured along the suture a little shorter than the 
thorax, very sparingly and obsoletely punctured. Abdomen almost 
impunctate. 
6: 6th ventral segment with an emargination closed by a white 
membrane which projects backwards beyond the margin of the 
segment with a free rounded edge. 7th ventral segment impressed 
and slightly emarginate posteriorly. 
Hab. 8. Invra, Nilgiri Hills, 3500 feet above the sea-level 
(Mr. H. E. Andrewes’ Collection). Collected by Mr. H. L. 
Andrewes. 
OsoRIINI. 
5. Osorius monticola, n. sp. 
Black or pitchy, shining, thorax transverse, closely and rather 
coarsely punctured; elytra distinctly but less closely punctured. 
Antennae and legs reddish testaceous. Length 5°5 mm. 
