StaphylinidcE of Jupun. 57 



Very local ; under tidal refuse, Nagasaki harbour. 

 ]\Ir. Lewis has sent me also an example of a closely- 

 allied but distinct species from Kiu Kiang. 



106. Lathrohium anguinum, n. sp. Depressum, piceo- 

 fulvum, elytris pedibusque dilutioribus ; capite dense 

 punctato, opaco, medio impunctato ; elytris thoracis longi- 

 tudine fortiter punctatis, nitidulis. Long 4^ lin. 



Mas latet. 



Allied to L. angusticolle, but differently coloured, nar- 

 rower, and with shorter elytra. Antenna? dull red, rather 

 long and slender ; 3rd joint much longer than 2nd, 10th 

 twice as l^ng as broad. Head rather broader than the 

 thorax, of a dull-reddish colour, densely and rather finely 

 punctured, with an impunctate shining space in the 

 middle. Thorax narrower than the elytra, longer than 

 broad, a little narroAved behind, similar in colour to the 

 head, but shining, strongly but not densely punctured, with 

 an impunctate line along the middle. Elytra narrow, a 

 little contracted at the shoulders, about as long, but 

 paler in coloiu' than the thorax, lighter at the extremity 

 than at the base, coarsely and rather densely punctured, 

 but shining. Hind body opaque, densely and finely punc- 

 tured. Legs yellow. 



A single female individual, from Tango, on the north- 

 west coast of Nipon. 



107. Lathrohium Kohense, n. sp. (affinis L. lablli). 

 Angustum, nigium, nitidum, antennis, pedibus, elytrisque 

 apicem versus rufis ; prothorace piinctato, medio linea 

 lata impunctata ; elytris hoc longioribus, striato-punctatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Antennae long and slender, not thickened outAvardly, 

 red; 3rd joint longer than 2nd, 4th — 10th each a little 

 shorter than its predecessor. Head broader than the 

 thorax, oblong, rather coarsely but not densely jumctured, 

 the punctures on the middle more widely separated than 

 at the sides. Thorax much naiTOwer than the elyti'a, 

 straight at the sides, about twice as long as broad, with a 

 broad impunctate space along the middle, bounded on each 

 side by a row of closely-placed punctures, the sides outside 

 this line also punctured. Elytra longer than the thorax, 

 reddish, but much infiiscate, except towards the extremity, 

 each with several rows of punctui-es ; the punctures finer 



