﻿the 
  Staphylinidse 
  of 
  Japan. 
  2fil 
  

  

  Domene 
  curtipennis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  angustula; 
  antennis 
  rufis, 
  pedibus 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  fusco- 
  

  

  ameis 
  ; 
  thorace 
  hand 
  longioribus. 
  

   Long. 
  G|-7^ 
  millim. 
  

  

  Head 
  suborbiculate, 
  very 
  densely, 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  sculp- 
  

   tured, 
  quite 
  dull. 
  Thorax 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  very 
  densely, 
  

   rather 
  finely, 
  rugosely 
  sculptured. 
  Elytra 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  and 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  it, 
  of 
  a 
  dusky 
  reddish 
  colour, 
  

   with 
  a 
  strong 
  brassy 
  tinge, 
  rather 
  shining, 
  densely 
  mode- 
  

   rately 
  finely 
  punctured. 
  Hind 
  body 
  black 
  or 
  piceous, 
  paler 
  

   at 
  the 
  extremity. 
  The 
  male 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  excision 
  at 
  the 
  

   extremity 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  and 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  it 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  elongate 
  depression 
  studded 
  with 
  black 
  granules 
  ; 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  well-marked, 
  large, 
  but 
  not 
  deep 
  

   depression. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  D. 
  stiUcoides, 
  but 
  smaller, 
  with 
  shorter 
  

   and 
  narrower 
  elytra, 
  more 
  orbiculate 
  head, 
  and 
  shorter 
  meta- 
  

   sternum. 
  Also 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  D. 
  scabricoUe 
  1 
  

   but 
  more 
  finely 
  sculptured, 
  the 
  elytra 
  not 
  narrower 
  at 
  the 
  

   shoulders, 
  and 
  the 
  male 
  characters 
  different. 
  

  

  Yokohama, 
  April 
  ; 
  Nikko, 
  June 
  ; 
  Chiuzenji, 
  22nd 
  August 
  ; 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  Domene 
  stilicoides. 
  

   Lathrobium 
  stilicoides, 
  Sharp, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Load. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  is 
  still 
  unknown 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  examples 
  found 
  during 
  

   his 
  recent 
  expedition 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  are 
  both 
  females. 
  

  

  Iehiuchi, 
  30th 
  April, 
  1881, 
  under 
  dead 
  leaves 
  in 
  a 
  hollow 
  

   tree. 
  

  

  Scopceus 
  currax, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Angustulus, 
  elongatus, 
  hand 
  depresses, 
  rufescens 
  ; 
  antennis 
  pedi- 
  

   busque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  fuscis, 
  apicem 
  versus 
  flavis, 
  protborace 
  

   paulo 
  longioribus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  4 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  clear 
  yellow, 
  slender 
  and 
  elongate, 
  penultimate 
  

   joint 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  broad. 
  Head 
  narrow 
  and 
  

   elongate, 
  but 
  little 
  emarginate 
  behind, 
  dull, 
  very 
  densely 
  and 
  

   finely 
  punctate. 
  Thorax 
  subovate, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  but 
  

   little 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  elytra, 
  rather 
  shining, 
  almost 
  imper- 
  

   ceptibly 
  punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  carina 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  behind. 
  

   Elytra 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  densely 
  punctate, 
  dull, 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  

   the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  yellow. 
  

  

  