﻿the 
  Staphylinidae 
  of 
  Japan. 
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  There 
  is 
  a 
  second, 
  still 
  more 
  remarkable, 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  

   genus 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  the 
  locality 
  being 
  Endia. 
  

  

  Velleius 
  setosus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger 
  ; 
  thorace 
  versicolore, 
  elytrorum 
  margine 
  inflexo 
  testaoeo 
  ; 
  

  

  antennis 
  brevibus, 
  intus 
  biramosis, 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  brevi. 
  

   Long. 
  17 
  millim. 
  

  

  This 
  differs 
  conspicuously 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  by 
  the 
  shorter 
  antennae 
  ; 
  these 
  organs 
  have 
  long 
  pro- 
  

   cesses 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  joints 
  four 
  to 
  ten, 
  as 
  in 
  V. 
  pec- 
  

   tinatus 
  ; 
  but 
  unlike 
  that 
  species 
  the 
  terminal 
  joint 
  is 
  short. 
  

   The 
  erect 
  seta? 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  and 
  

   conspicuous 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  congeners. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  procured 
  two 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  at 
  Junsai 
  ; 
  

   I 
  believe 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  sex, 
  though 
  there 
  is 
  scarcely 
  

   anything 
  in 
  the 
  abdominal 
  structure 
  to 
  support 
  this 
  view. 
  

  

  Velleius 
  dilatatus. 
  

  

  Staphylinus 
  dilatatus, 
  Fabr. 
  Mant. 
  Ins. 
  i. 
  p. 
  220. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  found 
  this 
  insect 
  at 
  Nikko, 
  Sapporo, 
  and 
  Jun- 
  

   sai, 
  thus 
  completely 
  removing 
  all 
  doubt 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  truly 
  a 
  

   Japanese 
  species. 
  The 
  examples 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  conspecific 
  

   with 
  those 
  of 
  Europe. 
  The 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  were 
  all 
  

   associated 
  with 
  the 
  larva? 
  of 
  Cossus. 
  

  

  Quedius 
  prceditus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger 
  ; 
  antennarum 
  apice 
  tarsisque 
  runs 
  ; 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  nitidis- 
  

   simis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  scutelloque 
  fortiter 
  profundeque 
  punctatis 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   mine 
  versicolore, 
  minus 
  erebre 
  punctato. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  slender, 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  extremity. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Q. 
  juno, 
  but 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   different 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  legs, 
  palpi, 
  and 
  antennas 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  

   remarkably 
  deep 
  coarse 
  punctuation 
  on 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Miyanoshita, 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  ; 
  Junsai. 
  Six 
  specimens. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  detected 
  no 
  sexual 
  distinctions 
  among 
  the 
  examples 
  

   of 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  Q. 
  juno 
  ; 
  all 
  have 
  the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  much 
  

   dilated. 
  

  

  Quedius 
  juno. 
  

  

  Quedius 
  juno, 
  Sharp, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  2-4. 
  

  

  Miyanoshita, 
  Hakone, 
  Nikko, 
  Kiga 
  ; 
  rare, 
  generally 
  found 
  

   under 
  dead 
  leaves, 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  fungal 
  growth. 
  

  

  