﻿the 
  Staphylinidae 
  of 
  Japan. 
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  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  may 
  be 
  entirely 
  black. 
  In- 
  

   termediate 
  specimens 
  occur 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  

   hind 
  body 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  ferruginous 
  colour 
  but 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  suf- 
  

   fused 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  Nagasaki, 
  Yokohama, 
  and 
  Miyanoshita. 
  

  

  Stilicopsis 
  setigera. 
  

  

  Acanthoglossa 
  (?) 
  setigera, 
  Sharp, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  67. 
  

  

  As 
  Acanthoglossa, 
  Ki\, 
  cannot 
  at 
  present 
  be 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  Stilicopsis, 
  I 
  alter 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  accordance 
  

   with 
  that 
  view. 
  The 
  insect 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  sparingly 
  about 
  

   Yokohama 
  and 
  Nagasaki. 
  

  

  Group 
  PiEDEEINA. 
  

  

  Po?derus 
  parallelus. 
  

  

  Pcederus 
  parallelus, 
  Weise, 
  Deutsche 
  ent. 
  Zeitschr. 
  xxi. 
  p. 
  368. 
  

  

  Nikko 
  and 
  Chiuzenji 
  in 
  August, 
  and 
  Ashinoyu 
  (abundant) 
  ; 
  

   Junsai 
  {Lewis) 
  ; 
  Hakodate 
  (Weise). 
  

  

  Subfam. 
  Pinophilin^!. 
  

   Pinophilus 
  punctatissimus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Elongatus, 
  omnium 
  densissime 
  punctatus, 
  dense 
  subtilissime 
  pube- 
  

   scens, 
  ubique 
  opacus, 
  nigerrimus 
  ; 
  palpis, 
  antenuis 
  pedibusque 
  

   rufls, 
  illis 
  fuscescentibus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  20 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  elongate, 
  more 
  slender 
  at 
  the 
  extremity 
  than 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  sordid 
  red. 
  Head 
  quite 
  dull, 
  densely 
  minutely 
  

   sculptured, 
  and 
  with 
  distant 
  larger 
  punctures. 
  Thorax 
  large, 
  

   about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  elytra, 
  nearly 
  square, 
  being 
  about 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broad, 
  finely 
  and 
  extremely 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  quite 
  

   dull. 
  Elytra 
  a 
  fourth 
  part 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  very 
  

   densely, 
  subrugosely, 
  and 
  rather 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  dull. 
  Hind 
  

   body 
  densely 
  punctate. 
  Legs 
  clear 
  red. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  P.javanus, 
  Er., 
  but 
  is 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  

   by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  any 
  shining 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  only 
  two 
  

   female 
  examples 
  were 
  found, 
  one 
  at 
  Hitoyosbi, 
  May 
  8, 
  1881, 
  

   the 
  other 
  at 
  Ogura, 
  July 
  18, 
  1881. 
  

  

  