118 Mr. M. Cameron on new Staphylinides 
and pubescent. Abdomen moderately finely and not very 
closely punctured and pubescent, the last segment yellow. 
Haiti, St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type in my collection. 
53. Neobisnius limbatus, sp. n. 
Black, shining; the first three joints of the antenne, legs, 
and posterior border of the elytra yellow-testaceous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Build of N. mixtus, Shp., and closely allied thereto, but 
differs in the colour and much closer puncturation of the 
head, thorax, and elytra. 
Head rather coarsely and pretty closely punctured, the 
front and small space on the vertex smooth. Antenne with 
the second and third joints of equal length, the fourth and 
fifth a little longer than broad, the sixth to the tenth slightly 
transverse, the eleventh oblong-oval. Thorax a _ little 
narrower than the head, narrowed behind, with very similar 
sculpture to that of the head, except for a narrow smooth 
impunctate space in the mid idle which extends throughout 
the entire length. Elytra as long as, but a little Branden 
than, the thorax, longer than broad, finely and closely- 
punctured and pubescent. Abdomen very finely and closely 
punctured and pubescent. 
g. Sixth ventral segment with a semicircular excision. 
Haiti. Typein my ‘collection. 
54. Neobisnius niyroceruleus, sp. n. 
Deep black, shining; the elytra obscurely blue-black. 
Antenne entirely dark; femora obscurely testaceous, the 
tibiz and tarsi pitchy. 
Length 5 mm. 
Build of N. concolor, Shp., but a little smaller; the 
antenne more slender; the puncturation of the fore parts 
less close and with a bluish elytral reflex. 
Head (in the ¢) subquadrate, larger; in the ? sub- 
orbicular, smaller, moderately coarsely and not Very closely 
punctured, the disc narrowly impunctate, the front some- 
times with a small longitudinal impression. Antenne with 
the second and third joints of equal length, the fourth to 
the eighth longer than broad and gradually decreasing in 
length, the ninth and tenth scarcely differing in length and 
breadth. Thorax, except for the smooth median space, 
punctured very similarly to the head. Scutellum very finely 
and sparingly punctured. Elytra as long as the thorax, 
