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  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  

  

  Philonthus 
  discrepens, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (Group 
  5, 
  Erichson.) 
  

  

  Sat 
  latus, 
  niger 
  ; 
  elytris 
  saturate 
  rufis, 
  pedibus 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  

   fuscis, 
  basi 
  apiceque 
  sordicle 
  rufis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  abdomineque 
  crebre 
  

   punctatis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8-9 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  rather 
  slender, 
  dark 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  obscurely 
  

   ferruginous 
  at 
  the 
  extremity 
  and 
  sordid 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   penultimate 
  joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  palpi 
  sordid 
  yellow. 
  

   Head 
  moderately 
  large, 
  suborbiculate. 
  Thorax 
  shining- 
  

   black, 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front. 
  Elytra 
  pale 
  red, 
  not 
  closely 
  

   punctate, 
  shining. 
  Hind 
  body 
  blackish, 
  with 
  faint 
  metallic 
  

   reflexions; 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  above 
  obscurely, 
  

   below 
  distinctly 
  reel, 
  moderately 
  closely 
  punctate. 
  Legs 
  

   clear 
  yellow, 
  the 
  coxae 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  pair 
  a 
  little 
  

   separated. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  a 
  

   good 
  deal 
  dilated 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  sex 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  excision 
  

   on 
  the 
  last 
  ventral 
  plate. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  having 
  the 
  anterior 
  puncture 
  of 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  series 
  more 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  than 
  

   usual. 
  

  

  Five 
  examples 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  Nikko, 
  June 
  1880. 
  

  

  Philonthus 
  erytkropus. 
  

  

  Philonthus 
  erytkropus, 
  Kr. 
  Wiegm. 
  Arch. 
  1859, 
  i. 
  p. 
  88. 
  

   One 
  example. 
  

  

  Philonthus 
  virgatus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (Group 
  5, 
  Erichson.) 
  

  

  Angustulus, 
  niger, 
  pedibus 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  vittis 
  magnis 
  duabua 
  

   posterius 
  conjunctis, 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  fusco-rutis, 
  tenuibus 
  ; 
  

   abdomine 
  deusissime 
  subtilissinieque 
  punctato, 
  segmento 
  singulo 
  

   margine 
  posteriore 
  ferrugineo. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  quite 
  slender, 
  the 
  penultimate 
  joints 
  a 
  little 
  

   shorter, 
  more 
  slender 
  and 
  paler 
  than 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  tenth 
  evidently 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  palpi 
  pale 
  fuscous. 
  

   Head 
  rather 
  small, 
  suborbiculate. 
  Thorax 
  shining 
  black, 
  a 
  

   little 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  series 
  

   rather 
  large. 
  Elytra 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  rather 
  

   sparingly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  outer 
  margin 
  black, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  portion 
  yellow, 
  but 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  black 
  

   mark 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  the 
  extreme 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  