30 My. David Sliarp oji the 



behind, the front angles forming a projecting tubercle ; it 

 is longer than broad, like the head densely and coarsely 

 but not deeply punctured, with an indistinct smooth line 

 along the middle. Elytra considerably longer than the 

 thorax, densely but rather unequally clothed with a fine, 

 silky-yellowish pubescence, this nearly wanting about the 

 external angles. Hind body finely punctured and clothed 

 with a variegated silky pubescence. Legs yellow and 

 slender, without any spines; the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsus longer than the two followino: too-ether. Underside 

 Avith the metasternum convex, and middle legs rather 

 widely separated. 



Beaten off trees on hill-sides at Hiogo and Nagasaki. 



This species varies as to the colour of the antennre and 

 femora, of the margins of the abdominal segments, and 

 underside of the head. 



58. Staphylinus pnganus, n. sp. (affinis S. chalco- 

 cephalo). Niger, capite thoraceque supra ffineis, obscure 

 griseo-pubescentibus, elytris rufo-brunneis, obsolete macu- 

 losis; pedibus testaceis, femoribus plus minusve nigro- 

 signatis ; abdomine minus evidenter cinereo-maculato. 

 Long. 9 lin. (abdomine extenso). 



Mas, abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice late excise. 



Var., capite thoraceque nigris. 



Allied to S. chalcocephalus, and similar to it in size and 

 form. Antennse very similar to chalcocephalus. Head 

 and thorax brassy, very densely punctured, the punctua- 

 tion rather finer and consequently rather denser than in 

 chalcocephalus ; the thorax rather longer in proportion to 

 its width than in chalcocephalus, and the smooth space in 

 front of the scutellum much smaller ; the pubescence not 

 so bright-coloui'ed as in chalcocejjhalus. Scutellum densely 

 covered with black tomentum. Elytra about as long as 

 the thorax, reddish, with indications of darker spots. 

 Hind body with a triangular spot of very scanty ashy 

 pubescence in the middle of each segment at the base, 

 and on each side this, a small spot of black tomentum. On 

 the 7th segment the ashy pubescence covers the whole of the 

 base of the segment. On the under side the hind body is 

 rather sparingly punctui'ed, and at the extreme base of 

 each segment (only visible when the hind body is extended) 

 is a very scanty ashy pubescence. The i\\nx. and tarsi 

 are yellow : the femora variable in colour, being some- 



