StaphylinidcB of Japan. 67 



This species has somewhat the fades of a Sunius latus, 

 but I am not acquainted with any Lifhocharis it resembles 

 at first sight. Antenna: rather short and slender, yellowish ; 

 3rd joint not longer than 2nd, lOtli joint as long as broad. 

 Palpi reddish. Head large, quite as broad as the thorax, 

 black, not shining, densely and roughly punctured, the 

 disc is convex ; the eyes are large and prominent. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as it is long, a little narrowed be- 

 hind, its width in fi-ont quite equal to that of the elytra; it 

 is roughly and rather closely pimctured, the punctuation 

 consisting of fine raised tubercles; these are dull, while the 

 interstices separating them are shining. Elytra much 

 longer than the thorax, somewhat shining, blackish with 

 the extremity yellow, rather coarsely rugosely punctured. 

 Legs yellowish, Avith the femora infuscate, the tarsi slender, 

 their 4th joint even more slender than the 3rd. 



One female specimen, found in a rubbish heap at 

 Nao-asaki. 



127. Acanthoglossa (?) setigera, n. sp. Fidvo-testacea, 

 nitidula, fortiter punctata, antennis pedlbusque testaceis ; 

 abdomine lato subtiliter punctate. Long. \h — If lin. 



I am not acquainted with the genus Acanthoglossa, Kr., 

 and place this insect therein only provisionally, as I am 

 unable to ascertain properly its generic characters, and can 

 place it in no other described genus. 



Of a broad Boreaphilus like form. Yellowish in colour, 

 and furnished with a few very conspicuous long outstand- 

 ing setas. Antennte rather short, distinctly a little 

 thickened towards the extremity; 1st joint elongate, 

 almost as long as the three following together, 3rd joint 

 more slender than 2nd, about equal to it in length, 4 — 10 

 each a little shorter than its predecessor, 10th joint dis- 

 tinctly transverse, 11th joint stout, broader than 10th. 

 Head rather broader than the thorax, distinctly narrowed 

 in front, very coarsely punctured, the interstices forming 

 fine reticulations; the eyes convex, moderately large. 

 Thorax a little narrower than the elytra, distinctly nar- 

 rowed behind, all i\\Q angles and the front margin much 

 rounded, so that it appears suborbiculate. Elytra broad 

 and short, a little contracted at the shoulders, longer than 

 the thorax, coarsely punctured, shining. Hind body very 

 coarsely margined at the sides, finely and indistinctly 

 punctured, the 6th segment almost impunctate. Legs 



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