New Species of Staphylinidae from Singapore. G3 



and pretty closely punctured, as in T. halophilus, and with similar 

 I mix scence. 



Hab. Pasir Panjang, on the beach, in debris. 



7. Trogophloeus (Taenosoma) lucens, n. sp. 



Black, shining, thorax and elytra chestnut brown; antennae. 

 mouth parts, and legs testaceous. Length 22 mm. 



A shining insect, without trace of thoracic impressions. Head 

 transverse, black, distinctly constricted behind the temples, which 

 are a little prominent, their length much less than the diameter of 

 the eyes, the latter large ; the front on each side with a broad shallow 

 impression; puncturation fine and scanty, a rather broad area in 

 the middle line quite impunctate; no visible ground-sculpture; 

 pubescence scanty, rather long and moderately coarse. Antennae 

 longer than the head and thorax, the 1st joint elongate, the 2nd 

 much shorter than the 1st, the 3rd a little shorter and more slender 

 than the 2nd, the 4th scarcely longer than broad, the 5th stouter 

 than the 4th and 6th either a little longer than broad or square, the 

 6th as long as broad, the 7th scarcely, the 8th to 10th gradually more 

 transverse, the 11th oval. Thorax brown, but little broader than 

 the head, almost semi-circular, widest at the junction of the first 

 and second fourths, from thence narrowed and rounded in front 

 and behind in an even curve, the sides passing insensibly into the 

 base, the anterior angles rectangular; disc without impressions, 

 but with a smooth impunctate line in the middle, the rest of I he 

 surface moderately finely and not very closely punctured, the 

 punctures larger towards the sides, in which position several are 

 umbilicate; no visible ground-sculpture; pubescence as on the 

 head. Elytra brown, one-half as long again as the thorax, a little 

 broader than long, with moderately line and not very close puncl lira 

 tion, pubescence rather coarse, erect and moderately close; no 

 visible ground-sculpture. Abdomen slightly widened behind, black, 

 the posterior margins of the segments and the extreme apex more 

 or less brown; puncturation very scanty, scarcely visible; ground- 

 sculpture coriaceous, distinct ; pubescence rather long, sparing 

 and coarse. 



Hab. Pasir Panjang, in a rotting pine-apple on a sandy 

 beach. 



8. Trogophloeus (Taenosoma) littoralis, n. sp. 



Castaneous, shining, elytra reddish-testaceous; thorax with four 

 impressions on the disc and the sides broadly impressed ; mouth- 



