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  On 
  the 
  Staphylinidse 
  of 
  Japan. 
  

  

  deeply 
  excised 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  penultimate 
  and 
  

   antepenultimate 
  ventral 
  plates 
  each 
  armed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  middle 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  prominent 
  tubercle. 
  

  

  Miyanoshita 
  and 
  Nagasaki 
  in 
  winter 
  ; 
  several 
  examples. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  not 
  acquainted 
  with 
  any 
  species 
  allied 
  to 
  this. 
  

  

  Anthobium 
  minutum 
  ? 
  

   Silpha 
  minuta, 
  Fabr. 
  Ent. 
  Syst. 
  i. 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  254. 
  

  

  Nikko 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen. 
  

  

  The 
  example 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  and 
  until 
  the 
  other 
  sex 
  has 
  been 
  

   found 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  certain 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  really 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  our 
  

   common 
  European 
  species. 
  

  

  Anthobium 
  pollens, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Nigrum 
  ; 
  antennarum 
  basi 
  pedibusque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  

   subopacis, 
  subtiliter 
  punctatis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  nitidis, 
  elongatis, 
  fortius 
  

   punctatis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  3 
  raillim. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  four 
  joints 
  yellow, 
  the 
  others 
  fus- 
  

   cous, 
  fifth 
  joint 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  fourth, 
  fifth 
  to 
  tenth 
  

   joints 
  differing 
  very 
  little 
  from 
  one 
  another, 
  each 
  about 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broad. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  large, 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  

   elytra, 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  surface 
  very 
  dull, 
  

   smooth, 
  but 
  finely 
  and 
  regularly 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  nearly 
  truncate 
  behind, 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  shining. 
  

  

  Kiga 
  and 
  Suyana, 
  May 
  1880 
  ; 
  two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  is 
  larger 
  than 
  A. 
  minutum 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  larger 
  

   thorax 
  and 
  much 
  larger 
  fifth 
  joint 
  to 
  the 
  antennae. 
  The 
  two 
  

   individuals 
  are 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  sex. 
  

  

  Anthobium 
  parallelum, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Angustum, 
  subparallelum, 
  brunneum 
  (maris 
  abdomine 
  nigro) 
  ; 
  anten- 
  

   nis, 
  pedibus 
  elytrisque 
  testaceis 
  illarum 
  apice 
  nigro 
  ; 
  thorace 
  

   elytrisque 
  omnium 
  subtilissime 
  pubescentibus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  2\ 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  slender, 
  scarcely 
  thicker 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  till 
  the 
  

   seventh 
  joint, 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  sixth, 
  penul- 
  

   timate 
  joints 
  feebly 
  transverse. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  

   the 
  elytra, 
  strongly 
  transverse, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  

   very 
  dull, 
  very 
  minutely 
  punctate. 
  Elytra 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  thorax, 
  densely 
  and 
  rather 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  apices 
  similar 
  

   in 
  the 
  sexes, 
  truncate. 
  

  

  Miyanoshita 
  ; 
  a 
  good 
  series. 
  

  

  This 
  little 
  insect 
  is 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  parallel 
  than 
  most 
  

   of 
  its 
  congeners. 
  

  

  