new species of Staphylinidae from India. 535 
continuous posteriorly with it; puncturation of rest of surface 
rather coarse and close, with a much finer scanty puncturation on 
the interspaces and the smooth areas. Thorax scarcely longer than 
the greatest breadth. Antennae, palpi and legs reddish testaceous, 
base of the tibiae narrowly infuscate. Length 18 mm. 
Somewhat similar to P. aegyptius, Er., but broader, the thorax 
longer and with a quite different puncturation. 
Head transverse, a little narrower than the thorax, with rather 
large, close, but not deep punctures, these at the bottoms and the 
interspaces more finely punctured: a curved shining transverse 
space between the eyes and a shining space continuous with it 
behind occupies the middle of the front, these spaces are finely 
punctured ; the sides of the front are strongly punctured ; pubescence 
yellow, scanty. Antennae slender, the 3rd to 5th joints of equal 
length, 6th to 11th gradually decreasing in length, but all longer 
than broad. TJhorax slightly longer than broad, narrowed in a 
straight line from the anterior to the completely rounded posterior 
angles, the puncturation is much coarser than in P. aegyptius, Er., 
and the bottoms of the punctures are finely punctured, but not the 
interspaces; disc posteriorly with a very obsolete trace of a median 
impressed line. Hlytra about a third longer than the thorax, 
much longer than broad, rather more strongly punctured than 
in P. aegyptius, Er., but of. the same rugose character. Abdomen 
very similarly punctured to P. aepypie, not iridescent, pubescence 
moderate, greyish. 
¢: Last ventral segment rather deeply emarginate on each side, 
the intervening portion bordered and very slightly emarginate. 
Hab. N. Inpta, Dacca (British Museum Collection). 
16. Pinophilus speculrfrons, n. sp. 
Black, head shining coarsely punctured, with smooth spaces 
between the eyes and on the front. Thorax and elytra much less 
shining, the latter reddish brown. Antennae, palpi and legs reddish 
testaceous. Length 10°5 mm. 
Head transverse, subtriangular, with coarse umbilicate punctures, 
except for a narrow smooth curved transverse space extending 
between the eyes and a triangular smooth space at the front margin ; 
pubescence scanty, yellow. Antennae slender, all the joints longer 
than broad, gradually decreasing in length after the third. Thorax 
a little broader than the head, slightly broader than long, the sides 
parallel for the anterior half, thence gradually rounded and narrowed 
to the completely rounded posterior angles; anterior angles bluntly 
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