NOTES ON STAPHYLINID BEETLES—-BLACKWELDER 79 
Subtribe THORACOPHORI 
Anterior coxae not separated by a flat process of the prosternum; 
prosternum not greatly elongate; gular sutures widely divergent 
posteriorly. 
Subtribe ELEUSII 
Head usually margined behind the eyes above; gular sutures usually 
widely divergent posteriorly; pronotum very much narrowed at base; 
prosternum sometimes very much elongate; anterior coxae small and 
globose, not separated by a flat process of the prosternum; tarsi 
5-segmented. 
Remarks.—This subtribe contains only Eleusis and EHumalus. 
Triga (Pseudeleusis) has the abdomen strongly margined and does not 
belong in this subfamily at all. 
Subtribe PARALISPINI 
Gular sutures absent, or approximate throughout; anterior coxae 
not separated by a flat process of the prosternum; tarsi 5-segmented 
(sometimes indistinctly). 
(See remarks above.) 
Tribe LEPTOCHIRINI 
Anterior coxa small and globose, without a transverse sulcus on the 
anterior face; anterior coxae separated by a flat process of the pro- 
sternum; anterior coxal cavities closed behind; tarsi 5-sezmented. 
Remarks.—This tribe is well marked and easily recognizable. It 
contains the genera Leptochirus, Borolinus, Priochirus, and Thora- 
cochirus, as well as 13 other names considered to represent subgenera. 
Tribe OSORIINI 
Anterior coxa conical and prominent, with a transverse sulcus on 
the anterior face; anterior coxae separated at the height of the sternum 
by a narrow process of the prosternum; tarsi 5-segmented. 
Genus PSEUDOLISPINODES Bernhauer 
Pseudolispinodes BERNHAUER, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 31, p. 258, 1926. 
Diagnosis.—Having the characters listed above for the subfamily 
Osoriinae, the tribe Lispinini, and the subtribe Lispini; pronotum 
more or less narrowed behind; abdominal sternites without diagonal 
strigae. 
Remarks.—This genus was erected for three species from the 
Philippines (longipennis, latiusculus, and sinuatus) and one from East 
