﻿the 
  Staphylinidaa 
  of 
  Japan. 
  467 
  

  

  canaliculate. 
  Elytra 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  puncture 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  fine 
  punc- 
  

   tures. 
  Hind 
  body 
  finely 
  but 
  quite 
  definitely 
  margined, 
  the 
  

   margins 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  Found 
  under 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  beech 
  at 
  Yuyama, 
  and 
  also 
  met 
  

   with 
  at 
  Sapporo 
  and 
  Nikko. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  sinuation 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  seta 
  is 
  greater 
  than 
  usual. 
  

  

  Eleusis 
  subtilisy 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Depressa, 
  nitida, 
  nigra 
  ; 
  elytris 
  rlavis, 
  margine 
  posteriore 
  nigro 
  ; 
  

  

  antennis 
  pedibusque 
  rufis 
  ; 
  thorace 
  basin 
  versus 
  fortiter 
  angus- 
  

  

  tato. 
  

   Long. 
  3^ 
  millira. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  slender, 
  clear 
  red, 
  penultimate 
  joints 
  each 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad. 
  Head 
  elongate, 
  narrow, 
  with 
  deep 
  lateral 
  groove. 
  

   Thorax 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad. 
  Elytra 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  

   the 
  hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  each 
  with 
  an 
  obsolete 
  puncture 
  on 
  the 
  

   disk. 
  

  

  Yuyama 
  and 
  Oyayama, 
  in 
  Kiushiu. 
  

  

  Besides 
  being 
  smaller 
  and 
  narrower 
  than 
  E. 
  coarctata 
  and 
  

   of 
  a 
  different 
  colour, 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  more 
  obsoletely 
  sculptured. 
  

  

  Trygccus 
  princejjs. 
  

  

  Tryg<eus 
  princejis, 
  Sharp, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Loud. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  420. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  procured 
  again 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  at 
  Oyayama, 
  

   Hakone, 
  but 
  it 
  remains 
  rare. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  under 
  dead 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  rushes 
  in 
  wet 
  places. 
  

  

  Nodynus 
  leucofasciatus* 
  

   Nodynus 
  hucofasciatus, 
  Lewis, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (5) 
  iv. 
  p. 
  460. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Nodynus 
  was 
  described 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  since 
  and 
  

   placed 
  among 
  the 
  Bilphidaj. 
  Its 
  proper 
  position 
  is, 
  however, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Trigonuri 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Staphylinidaj. 
  On 
  opening 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  dorsal 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  

   body 
  are 
  corneous, 
  and 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  its 
  external 
  

   structure 
  it 
  agrees 
  closely 
  with 
  Trygceus 
  and 
  Trigonurus, 
  I 
  do 
  

   not 
  think 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  any 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  position. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  

   all 
  extraordinary 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  previously 
  referred 
  

   to 
  the 
  Silphidse, 
  as 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  admitted 
  that 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  its 
  

   appearance 
  would 
  not 
  suggest 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   JStaphylinida?, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  iSilphidaa 
  are 
  allied 
  to 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  

   Staphylinidge, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  very 
  far 
  wrong 
  to 
  place 
  Nodynus 
  

   among 
  the 
  JSilphidse. 
  In 
  Schonfeldt's 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Japanese 
  

  

  