646 Mr. M. Cameron on new Staphylinidee 
cate; thorax exceedingly finely and sparingly punctured, 
without dorsal series of larger punctures. Antenne and 
legs testaceous. 
Length 1°5 mm. 
A small, brightly coloured species, somewhat similar to 
G. minima, Er., in build. Head impunctate, finely coriaceous. 
Antenne with the first jomt small, the fifth to the tenth 
transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate 
twice as broad as long. Thorax exceedingly finely and 
sparingly punctured all over, obsoletety transversely strigose. 
Elytra scarcely longer, but a little broader than the thorax, 
exceedingly finely and rather sparingly punctured. Abdomen 
practically impunctate. 
3g. Seventh dorsal segment in front of the posterior 
border with two closely approximate small tubercles; the 
eighth narrowed and produced, emarginate at the extremity, 
the lateral borders forming on either side a short, stout, 
blunt tooth. 
St. Vincent (H. H. Smith), Type in the British Museum, 
93. Gyrophena (s. str.) densata, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, 2 itt.) 
Colour of the preceding, but rather broader and more 
depressed; the antenne less stout and slightly infuscate 
towards the apex, and the elytra much more closely 
punctured. 
3. EHighth dorsal segment narrowed and rounded at the 
apex; the dise with a pair of longitudinal, closely approxi- 
mated cost or folds, extending from about the middle to 
the apex. 
St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 
94. Gyrophena (s. str.) rufula, sp. n. 
(Fauvel, 77 lt¢.) 
Shining rufo-testaceous; the elytra, except for the 
shoulders and base, more or less infuscate ; abdomen with 
the fifth, sixth, and seventh segments more or less darker. 
Antenne and legs testaceous. 
Length 1°3 mm. 
Smaller than G. piceicollis, m., but somewhat similarly 
coloured and very distinct by the much stouter antenne. 
Head very broad, exceedingly finely, scarcely perceptibly, 
and very sparingly punctured. Antenne with the fourth 
