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that time Pseudolispinodes) madurensis was identical with bistriatus. 
The synonymy of these names should be as follows: 
LISPINUS BISTRIATUS (Fauvel) 
Lispinodes bistriatus FauvEL, Rev. d’Ent., vol. 14, p. 185, 1895. 
Pseudolispinodes bistriatus (Fauvel) Cameron, Fauna of British India, Staphy- 
linidae, vol. 1, p. 66, 1930. 
PSEUDOLISPINODES MADURENSIS (Bernhauer) 
Holosus madurensis BERNHAUER, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 64, p. 83, 
1914.—CameEron, Fauna of British India, Staphylinidae, vol. 1, p. 59, 1930 
(as synonym of bistriatus). 
Lispinus madurensis BERNHAUER, Ent. Blatter, vol. 11, p. 251, 1915 (as a new 
species).—CaMERON, Fauna of British India, Staphylinidae, vol. 1, p. 59, 
1930. 
Pseudolispinodes madurensis (Bernhauer, 1915) Cameron, Fauna of British 
India, Staphylinidae, vol. 1, p. 59, 1930 (as synonym of bistriatus).—BERN- 
HAUER, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 31, p. 260, 1926. 
From examination of specimens available in the U. 5S. National 
Museum IJ am able to transfer to this genus 22 additional species, all 
of which were previously included in Lispinus or Paralispinus. 
Certain of these can be immediately recognized by a peculiar habitus 
and stand out from all the rest. They are here segregated as five 
subgenera: 
Subgenus PSEUDOLISPINODES sensu stricto 
Diagnosis —Having the characters listed above for the genus 
Pseudolispinodes; integuments punctured or sculptured, not entirely 
smooth; pronotum distinctly narrowed behind, much narrower at 
base of elytra, without anterior submarginal foveae; elytra and 
abdominal sternites without rows of punctiform foveae; femora not 
or only moderately enlarged. 
Remarks.—This subgenus is probably a large one. I have seen 23 
species belonging to it, all of which are very similar in appearance as 
well as in structure. 
LIBERIELLA, new subgenus 
Genotype.—Pseudolispinodes (Liberiella) cooki, new species (see 
p. 86). 
Diagnosis.—Having the characters listed above for the genus 
Pseudolispinodes; pronotum scarcely narrowed behind, only slightly 
narrower at base than elytra; elytra and abdominal sternites with a 
row of punctiform foveae, sometimes obsolescent on the abdomen; 
femora only moderately enlarged. 
Remarks.—¥Four species from Africa appear to form an isolated 
group in Pseudolispinodes, distinguished by the form of the pronotum 
which imparts a distinctive appearance. Three of these species are 
