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  Staphylinida? 
  of 
  Japan. 
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  middle 
  in 
  front 
  with 
  three 
  large 
  punctures 
  ; 
  outside 
  these 
  

   two 
  other 
  punctures, 
  and 
  still 
  nearer 
  the 
  margin 
  a 
  single 
  

   puncture. 
  Elytra 
  black, 
  shining, 
  with 
  very 
  definite, 
  not 
  

   very 
  close 
  punctures, 
  and 
  sparingly 
  pubescent. 
  Hind 
  body 
  

   rather 
  more 
  sparingly 
  punctate 
  and 
  pubescent. 
  Legs 
  slender, 
  

   obscure 
  red. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  Q.fulgidus, 
  but 
  has 
  numerous 
  differences 
  ; 
  

   the 
  antenna? 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  slender, 
  the 
  eyes 
  rather 
  smaller, 
  

   occupying 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  second 
  of 
  

   the 
  postocular 
  punctures 
  farther 
  from 
  the 
  neck, 
  and 
  the 
  punc- 
  

   tuation 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  body 
  more 
  scanty. 
  

  

  Oyama, 
  Nishi, 
  Nara, 
  Chiuzenji, 
  Nishimura, 
  and 
  jNTumata 
  ; 
  

   scarce. 
  

  

  Quedius 
  multipunckitus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger 
  ; 
  eapite 
  tkoraceque 
  subviridescentibus 
  ; 
  elytris 
  loete 
  viridls 
  ; 
  

  

  antennis, 
  palpis 
  pedibusque 
  rufo-testaceis. 
  

   Long. 
  9 
  millirn. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  clear 
  yellow, 
  short, 
  scarcely 
  thicker 
  externally 
  ; 
  

   penultimate 
  joints 
  each 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad. 
  Head 
  sub- 
  

   orbicular, 
  but 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  feebly 
  bi- 
  

   impressed 
  in 
  front, 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  with 
  two 
  transverse 
  series 
  

   of 
  punctures, 
  and 
  with 
  other 
  punctures 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  and 
  

   behind. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  

   in 
  front, 
  with 
  two 
  series 
  of 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  punctures 
  each 
  

   along 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  numerous 
  punctures 
  outside 
  these. 
  

   Scutellum 
  impunctate. 
  Elytra 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   of 
  a 
  shining 
  green 
  colour, 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  punctate. 
  Hind 
  

   body 
  rather 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  

   segment 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  anal 
  styles 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Hakone. 
  

  

  The 
  example 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  under 
  bark, 
  rare." 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  no 
  other. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  elegant 
  and 
  very 
  distinct 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  subgenus 
  Baphirus. 
  

  

  Quedius 
  brevipennis. 
  

   Quedius 
  brevipennis, 
  Fairm. 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1859, 
  p. 
  4i. 
  

  

  Nikko, 
  June 
  1880; 
  one 
  example. 
  

  

  Q. 
  brevipennis 
  is 
  thought 
  by 
  some 
  entomologists 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   brachypterous 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  variable 
  Q. 
  boops, 
  Grav. 
  The 
  

   example 
  obtained 
  in 
  Japan 
  has 
  the 
  elytra 
  even 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   they 
  are 
  in 
  specimens 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Pyrenees. 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  6. 
  Vol. 
  iii. 
  3 
  

  

  