StaphylinidcB of Japan. 3 



behind the scutenum, not shining, scarcely visibly punc- 

 tured. Hind body pitchy, densely and finely punctured. 

 Legs very long (the hind tarsi remarkably elongate and 

 slender) ; they are yellowish in colour, with the femora 

 more or less infiiscate. 



Found in heaps of rubbish at Nagasaki. 



3. Falagria fovea, n. sp. Capite thoraceque rufis, 

 elytris fuscis, basi apiceque anguste testaceis, abdomine 

 nigro, segmentis basalibus testaceis, antennis pedibusque 

 testaceis, illis medio obscurioribus, femoribus quatuor 

 posticis fuscis, basi testaceis ; thorace subcordato profunde 

 canaliculato, vix punctulato ; elytris pone scutellum foveo- 

 latis. Long, fere 1^ lin. 



Antenna? rather long, reddish-yellow, joints 4 — 10 

 darker than the others ; the 10th joint nearly as long as 

 broad. Head and thorax scarcely punctured, reddish in 

 colour ; the thorax deeply channelled tlu'oughout its whole 

 length. Elytra rather broad and short, about as long as 

 the thorax, dusky yellowish or pitchy, with the humeral 

 angle and apex paler, scarcely punctured, but with a dis- 

 tinct impression behind the scutellum. The scutellum is 

 nearly simple, but is fttrnished with an almost invisible, 

 fine line along the middle. The hind body is black, wdth 

 the two basal segments yellow, sparingly and very finely 

 punctiu'ed. The legs are long and slender, yellow, with 

 the hind femora iufuscate except at the base. 



This pretty species is evidently allied to F.Jlavo-cincta, 

 Kr. (fi-om Ceylon). 



Santhota, nov. gen. 



Caput coUo distincto. 



Coxis intermediis distantibus. 



Tarsi antici 4-, intermedii et posteriores 5-articulati, 

 posteriores articulo primo sat elongato, sequentibus longi- 

 tudine gradatim decrescentibus. 



Lobes of the maxillae long, the interior lobe densely pu- 

 bescent on its inner side, the pubescence long ; exterior lobe 

 very densely pubescent at the extremity ; 3rd joint of max- 

 illary palpi distinctly longer than 2nd, and a little dilated, 

 4th joint minute and subulate. Ligula rather short and 

 broad, divided at the extremity. Labial palpi with the 

 three joints differing little from one another in length, but 

 each considerably more slender than the preceding one. 



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