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  Staphylinida? 
  of 
  Japan. 
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  at 
  all 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  Miyanoshita 
  examples. 
  The 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  procured 
  about 
  Nagasaki 
  also 
  vary 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  No 
  individuals 
  were 
  found, 
  however, 
  to 
  

   connect 
  the 
  species 
  with 
  CE. 
  idee 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  that 
  insect 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  rather 
  longer 
  elytra 
  being 
  more 
  

   closely 
  punctate, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  it 
  

   may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  connected 
  with 
  CE. 
  Lewisius 
  by 
  intermediate 
  

   examples. 
  

  

  Subf 
  a 
  m 
  . 
  Ev&sthetine. 
  

   Edaphus 
  japonicus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Brevis, 
  convexus, 
  nitidus, 
  parce 
  pubescens, 
  fere 
  impuuetatus, 
  dilute 
  

   pieeus 
  ; 
  antennis, 
  palpis 
  pedibusque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  capite 
  minute 
  pro- 
  

   funde 
  biimpresso 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  basi 
  quadriimpresso. 
  

  

  Long. 
  ] 
  ^ 
  millim. 
  

  

  Head 
  very 
  small, 
  scarcely 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  elytra, 
  the 
  

   surface 
  uneven, 
  owing 
  to 
  two 
  impressions 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  

   so 
  that 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  tubercle 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   eye 
  ; 
  this 
  latter 
  organ 
  is 
  very 
  convex. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  very 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  elytra, 
  nar- 
  

   rowed 
  behind, 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  basal 
  depression, 
  limited 
  at 
  

   each 
  hind 
  angle 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  carina 
  and 
  divided 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   by 
  a 
  similar 
  carina, 
  each 
  lateral 
  portion 
  also 
  divided 
  into 
  two. 
  

   Elytra 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  with 
  fine 
  sutural 
  stria? 
  and 
  

   feeble 
  punctuation 
  and 
  pubescence. 
  Hind 
  body 
  short, 
  acu- 
  

   minate 
  behind, 
  the 
  basal 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  second. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples; 
  Nagasaki, 
  end 
  of 
  March 
  1881, 
  in 
  hay 
  

   refuse. 
  

  

  Subf 
  am. 
  Stenikm. 
  

  

  Stenus 
  biguttatus, 
  var. 
  

   Stenus 
  bignttatus, 
  Er. 
  Gen. 
  et 
  Spec. 
  Staph, 
  p. 
  690. 
  

  

  Awomori, 
  Hakodate. 
  

  

  The 
  Japanese 
  examples 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   eastern 
  Siberia 
  in 
  possessing 
  a 
  greater 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   male 
  characters 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  antepenultimate 
  

   ventral 
  ring 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  surface 
  depressed 
  and 
  

   polished 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  emargination 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  segment 
  also 
  is 
  very 
  feebly 
  emarginate. 
  

  

  Ann. 
  <fc 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hint. 
  Ser. 
  6. 
  Vol 
  iii. 
  23 
  

  

  