Staphylinid(B of Japan. 15 



iinctly transverse, 11th joint long, and rather stout, quite 

 as long as the two preceding joints together. Head shining 

 black, scarcely punctured, a little narrower than the thorax, 

 the palpi yellowish. Thorax rather narrower than the 

 elytra, distinctly broader than long, nearly straight at the 

 sides, quite shining, black or pitchy, very sparingly punc- 

 tured. Elytra one and a-half times as long as the thorax, 

 of a dirty yelloAvish or brownish colour, shining, extremely 

 finely and only moderately closely punctured. Hind body 

 black, with the basal segments sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, the apical ones nearly impunctate. Legs yellow. 



In the male the dorsal plate of the 7tli segment of the 

 hind body is sprinkled on the upper side with rather coarse 

 granulations ; it is truncate at the extremity, and has a 

 raised line or elongate tubercle extending forwards from 

 each angle of the truncation. 



About a dozen specimens, all however in such bad con- 

 dition that I have had some difficulty in drawing up the 

 above description. 



29. Homalota vinida, n. sp. (affinis //. clientulos). Rufo- 

 testacea, nitidula, capite abdomineque ante apicem nigri- 

 cantibus ; elytris externe leviter infuscatis, crebre subtiliter 

 punctatis ; abdomine segnientis 2 — 4 crebre 5 et 6 parcius 

 punctatis. Long. 1^ lin. 



This species is allied to H. clientula, but is much more 

 brightly coloured, and has the antennfe thicker towards 

 the extremity. Antennae distinctly thickened towards the 

 extremity, yellow, the apical joints a little dusky, 3rd 

 joint shorter than 2nd, joints 4 — 10 scarcely differing from 

 one another in length, but each a little broader than its 

 predecessor, joints 8 — 10 transverse, the 10th very dis- 

 tinctly so. Head black, not much more than half as 

 broad as the thorax, the palpi yellow. Thorax very 

 transverse, rounded at the sides and a little narrowed in 

 fi-ont, slightly narrower than the elytra, reddish-yellow, 

 very finely punctured. Elj'tra a little longer than the 

 thorax, yellow, infuscated at the sides near the hind angles, 

 finely punctured. Hind body yellow, with the segments 

 before the extremity infuscate ; it is finely and moderately 

 closely punctured, the apical segments more sparingly than 

 the basal ones, it is but slightly narrowed towards the 

 extremity. Legs yellow. 



