﻿the 
  Staphylinidee 
  of 
  Japan. 
  113 
  

  

  Anisolinus, 
  nov. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mandibular 
  elongataB, 
  graciles 
  ; 
  palpi 
  tenues, 
  maxillariurn 
  articulo 
  

   secundo 
  valde 
  dilatato, 
  labialium 
  articulo 
  secundo 
  quam 
  basali 
  

   multo 
  longiore. 
  Protborax 
  lateribus 
  haud 
  deflexis. 
  Coxeeinter- 
  

   medice 
  contiguae. 
  Mesostemuin 
  cariuatum. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  another 
  genus 
  of 
  whose 
  exact 
  affinities 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  

   present 
  impossible 
  to 
  feel 
  very 
  sure 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  connect 
  

   Amichrotus 
  with 
  the 
  Ocypodes. 
  It 
  agrees 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   extent 
  with 
  Amichrotus 
  in 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  trophi, 
  the 
  

   ligula 
  being 
  entire, 
  or, 
  rather, 
  its 
  two 
  lobes 
  small 
  and 
  so 
  com- 
  

   pressed 
  together 
  that 
  scarcely 
  any 
  division 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  prominent 
  extremity, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  genera 
  

   also 
  have 
  in 
  common 
  the 
  unusually 
  great 
  dilatation 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  ; 
  also 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   lines 
  of 
  the 
  protborax 
  are 
  not 
  joined. 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  

   genus 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  protborax 
  are 
  not 
  deflexed 
  and 
  the 
  

   superior 
  lateral 
  line 
  thus 
  remains 
  closely 
  approximated 
  to 
  

   the 
  tactile 
  setae, 
  the 
  prothoracic 
  structure 
  differing 
  thus 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  but 
  little 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  Agelosus. 
  The 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  

   elongate, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  apical. 
  The 
  

   two 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  are 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  

   in 
  appearance. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  perhaps 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  special 
  group 
  for 
  

   these 
  three 
  genera, 
  to 
  which 
  probably 
  the 
  Central-American 
  

   Misantlius 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  belong. 
  

  

  Anisolinus 
  picticornis^ 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Elongatus, 
  angustulus, 
  niger 
  ; 
  antennis 
  variegatis, 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  

   et 
  articulis 
  4°-7 
  m 
  nigricantibus, 
  articulis 
  8°-lU 
  m 
  albidis, 
  basi, 
  palpis, 
  

   pedibus 
  elytrorumque 
  macula 
  bumerali 
  rufis 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  elon- 
  

   gate, 
  nitido, 
  minus 
  crebre 
  puuctato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  hoc 
  brevioribus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  16 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antenna? 
  slender, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  thickened 
  externally, 
  penulti- 
  

   mate 
  joints 
  each 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  broad. 
  Head 
  circular, 
  

   very 
  densely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  behind, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  irregular 
  space 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  smooth. 
  Thorax 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  nearly 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  though 
  a 
  little 
  

   narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  deflexed 
  and 
  indistinct 
  anterior 
  angles 
  ; 
  the 
  

   surface 
  is 
  shining, 
  without 
  clothing, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  rather 
  

   fine 
  elongate 
  punctures, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  space 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle 
  impunctate. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   and 
  are 
  dull, 
  without 
  distinct 
  sculpture, 
  and 
  probably 
  bear 
  a 
  

   black 
  tomentum, 
  under 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  somewhat 
  bluish 
  

  

  