﻿the 
  Staphylinidae 
  of 
  Japan. 
  37 
  

  

  fusco-testaceis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  gracilibus 
  ; 
  elytris 
  abdomineque 
  cre- 
  

   brius 
  punctatis. 
  

   Long. 
  7| 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  slender, 
  not 
  thicker 
  externally, 
  the 
  penultimate 
  

   joint 
  evidently 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  yellowish 
  

   behind, 
  the 
  terminal 
  joint 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  than 
  those 
  preceding 
  

   it. 
  Head 
  rather 
  small, 
  almost 
  circular. 
  Thorax 
  not 
  elon- 
  

   gate, 
  subquadrate, 
  scarcely 
  perceptibly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  

   the 
  four 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  series 
  moderately 
  large, 
  the 
  

   surface 
  very 
  shining 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  certain 
  light 
  exhibiting 
  a 
  strong 
  

   sericeous 
  reflexion. 
  Elytra 
  of 
  a 
  dilute 
  brassy 
  colour, 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  rather 
  closely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate. 
  Hind 
  

   body 
  densely 
  punctate, 
  with 
  some 
  coarser 
  punctures 
  across 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  basal 
  segments. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  the 
  

   tibiae 
  infuscate 
  internally. 
  Middle 
  coxae 
  moderately 
  distant. 
  

   Front 
  tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  distinctly 
  but 
  not 
  greatly 
  dilated 
  ; 
  

   last 
  ventral 
  plate 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  rather 
  deep 
  excision. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  not 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  Japanese 
  species; 
  

   but 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  similar 
  one 
  from 
  China. 
  It 
  comes 
  nearer 
  to 
  

   the 
  description 
  of 
  P. 
  albilabris 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  I 
  know. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  example 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Nagasaki 
  on 
  the 
  3rd 
  

   March, 
  1881. 
  

  

  Philonthus 
  depresstpennts, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (Group 
  4, 
  Erichson.) 
  

  

  Depressus, 
  nigricans 
  ; 
  elytris 
  seneis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  fuscis, 
  basi 
  palpis 
  

   pedibusque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  capite 
  majore, 
  prothorace 
  posterius 
  angus- 
  

   tato, 
  linea 
  marginali 
  anterius 
  valde 
  subtus 
  inflexa 
  ; 
  elytris 
  

   abdomineque 
  parce 
  punctatis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  millim. 
  

  

  Head 
  large, 
  subquadrate, 
  with 
  numerous 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  

   about 
  the 
  sides, 
  eyes 
  small. 
  Antennae 
  moderately 
  long, 
  not 
  

   stout, 
  the 
  penultimate 
  joint 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  the 
  

   two 
  basal 
  joints 
  yellow. 
  Thorax 
  much 
  narrowed 
  behind. 
  

   Elytra 
  and 
  scutellum 
  sparingly 
  punctate. 
  Legs 
  yellow, 
  with 
  

   the 
  tibiae 
  rather 
  more 
  obscure, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  short, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   of 
  the 
  posterior 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  apical 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  coxae 
  

   moderately 
  separated. 
  

  

  Three 
  examples 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  two 
  at 
  Ichiuchi 
  on 
  the 
  

   1st 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  Konose 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  month. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  abnormal 
  species, 
  with 
  the 
  thoracic 
  lateral 
  line 
  

   greatly 
  deflexed, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  longer 
  tactile 
  seta 
  is 
  remote 
  from 
  

   it. 
  The 
  front 
  tarsi 
  are 
  simple 
  probably 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  sexes, 
  as 
  

   from 
  a 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  have 
  both 
  

   before 
  me. 
  

  

  