﻿the 
  Staphylinidse 
  of 
  Japan. 
  471 
  

  

  depression 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Elytra 
  nearly 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  

   coarsely 
  sparingly 
  punctate, 
  shining, 
  rather 
  variable 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   with 
  a 
  dark 
  triangular 
  patch 
  about 
  the 
  scutellum; 
  outside 
  

   this 
  reddish, 
  and 
  usually 
  again 
  darker 
  towards 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  

   apex, 
  but 
  the 
  limitation 
  of 
  these 
  colours 
  is 
  very 
  variable. 
  

   The 
  side 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  body 
  are 
  sometimes 
  yellow. 
  

   Hakodate. 
  

  

  Antliopliagus 
  subtilis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Fusco-piceus 
  ; 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  fuscis, 
  basi, 
  

   palpis, 
  pedilms 
  elytrisque 
  ruris, 
  his 
  apicern 
  versus 
  obscuratis 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   tiliter 
  puuctatus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  uiillfm. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  very 
  slender. 
  Palpi 
  clear 
  red, 
  penultimate 
  joint 
  

   a 
  good 
  deal 
  swollen, 
  terminal 
  joint 
  minute. 
  Head 
  rather 
  

   elongate 
  and 
  narrow, 
  with 
  two 
  slender 
  convergent 
  impres- 
  

   sions 
  on 
  the 
  vertex. 
  Thorax 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  elytra, 
  

   transverse, 
  flat, 
  the 
  sides 
  greatly 
  rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  gently 
  

   sinuate 
  behind, 
  hind 
  angles 
  rectangular, 
  sharply 
  marked, 
  not 
  

   depressed, 
  surface 
  quite 
  obsoletely 
  punctate, 
  without 
  channel 
  

   or 
  fovea. 
  Elytra 
  rather 
  short, 
  scarcely 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  finely 
  punctate 
  and 
  pubescent, 
  not 
  shining, 
  red, 
  darker 
  

   about 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  

  

  Summit 
  of 
  Iwakisan 
  ; 
  two 
  mutilated 
  examples. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  peculiar 
  species 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  lobes 
  on 
  the 
  

   claws, 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  otherwise 
  resemble 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Geo- 
  

   dromicus. 
  

  

  Lesleva 
  crassipes, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Nigra 
  ; 
  antennis 
  fusco-rufis, 
  pedibus 
  piceis, 
  femoribus 
  basin 
  versus 
  

  

  runs, 
  palpis 
  tarsisque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  fortiter 
  punctatis. 
  

   Long. 
  6 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  very 
  long, 
  extremely 
  slender, 
  infuscate 
  red, 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  joints 
  dilute 
  red, 
  not 
  infuscate. 
  Head 
  narrow, 
  

   deeply 
  biim 
  pressed. 
  Thorax 
  only 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  

   elytra, 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  greatly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  

   front 
  angles, 
  thence 
  greatly 
  narrowed 
  behind, 
  the 
  narrowing 
  

   being 
  in 
  an 
  oblique 
  line, 
  not 
  sinuate 
  ) 
  surface 
  unimpressed, 
  

   obsoletely 
  and 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  much 
  broader 
  

   from 
  the 
  shoulders 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  moderately 
  coarsely 
  and 
  

   closely 
  punctate, 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  erect 
  pubescence. 
  

   Front 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  stout. 
  

  

  Oyayama 
  and 
  Yokohama, 
  in 
  May 
  ; 
  three 
  specimens. 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  species, 
  of 
  similar 
  appearance 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

  

  