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  Staphylinida? 
  of 
  Japan. 
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  palpi 
  are 
  less 
  thick 
  than 
  in 
  Hadrotes. 
  The 
  front 
  tibia? 
  are 
  

   moderately 
  stout 
  and 
  are 
  spinose 
  behind. 
  The 
  mesosternum 
  

   is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  divided 
  by 
  any 
  carina, 
  but 
  its 
  smooth 
  

   surface 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  some 
  rather 
  short 
  stiff 
  seta? 
  placed 
  in 
  

   rather 
  large 
  punctures. 
  The 
  only 
  species 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  deal 
  

   with 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  

  

  Liusus 
  Hiller 
  i. 
  

  

  Hadrotes 
  Hilleri, 
  Weise, 
  Deutsche 
  ent. 
  Zeitsckr. 
  1877, 
  p. 
  93. 
  

  

  Found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  at 
  Hakodate. 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  species 
  also 
  

   from 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Mantchurian 
  mainland. 
  

  

  Staphylinus 
  chalcescens, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger 
  ; 
  capite, 
  thorace 
  elytrisque 
  seneis, 
  his 
  cumque 
  abdomine 
  

   tomento 
  flavescente 
  subvariegatis 
  ; 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  subnitidis, 
  

   sat 
  fortiter 
  punctatis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  20 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antenna? 
  black, 
  the 
  penultimate 
  joints 
  strongly 
  transverse. 
  

   Head 
  subtriangular, 
  closely 
  and 
  moderately 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured. 
  Thorax 
  subquadrate, 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  rounded, 
  closely 
  

   and 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  shining 
  space 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  this 
  

   latter 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  pile. 
  Elytra 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  brassy 
  colour, 
  

   not 
  shining, 
  very 
  indistinctly 
  variegated 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  yellowish 
  

   indistinct 
  tomentum. 
  Hind 
  body 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  flavescent 
  

   triangular 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  each 
  segment 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   side 
  of 
  each 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  oblong 
  mark 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  faint 
  

   kind. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  pitchy. 
  Male 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  

   slight 
  emargination 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  ventral 
  

   plate. 
  

  

  This 
  has 
  a 
  shorter 
  thorax 
  than 
  S. 
  subceneus, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  thorax 
  are 
  less 
  densely 
  punctate 
  and 
  bear 
  dark 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  the 
  antenna? 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  male 
  characters 
  

   different. 
  

  

  Nikko, 
  12th 
  August, 
  1881 
  ; 
  two 
  examples. 
  

  

  Staphylinus 
  vicar 
  ius, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger 
  ; 
  antennis 
  extrorsum 
  elytrisque 
  runs, 
  tibiis 
  testaceis, 
  tarsis 
  

   piceis, 
  abdominis 
  segraentis 
  duobus 
  ultimis 
  ad 
  basin 
  albido-tomen- 
  

   tosis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  17 
  railliin. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  8. 
  stercor 
  ■arias, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  

  

  