New Species of Staphylinidae from Singapore. 219 



centre of the disc impunctate. Antennae rather long, the first two 

 joints stouter of equal length, the 3rd much shorter and narrower, 

 the 4th very small, the 5th square, tlie 6th to the 10th very slightly 

 transverse, the 11th oval pointed. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides evenly rounded; the disc with moderately fine sparing, 

 irregular puncturation, not leaving any smooth impunctate area 

 in the middle. Scutellum smooth. Elytra transverse, broader 

 and a little longer than the thorax, finely, uniformly and not closely 

 punctured. Abdomen very finely and very sparingly punctm-ed, 

 the seventh segment smooth. 



(^. Eighth dorsal segment with a short, stout, blunt, slightly 

 incurved tooth on either side. 



Hah. Bukit Paiijang, in fiiii<>us. 



75. Gyrophaena (s. str.) moultoni, n. sp. 



Reddish-yellow, shining; the elytra (except the base) and fourth 

 and fifth abdominal segments f usco- testaceous ; head and thorax 

 exceedingly finely and uniformly punctured. Antennae and legs 

 testaceous, often the last eight joints of the former more or leas 

 infuscate. Length -75 mm. 



Of the build of G. minima Er., but much smaller. Head with a 

 moderately large puncture on either side of the disc and a few very 

 fine scattered ones as well. Antennae with the first three joints 

 pale testaceous, the rest often more or less infuscate, the 1st and 

 2nd joints of equal length, the 3rd much shorter and narrower, the 

 4th small, scarcely transverse, the 5th to the 10th traios verse, 

 gradually increasing in width, the penultimate not double as broad 

 as long, the 11th stout, oval, as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides evenly rounded, very finely, 

 uniformly and sparingly punctured and pubescent. ScuteUum 

 impunctate. Elytra transverse, fusco-testaceous, lighter at the 

 base, a little longer than the thorax, very finely, uniformly and 

 not very closely punctured. Abdomen obscurely fuscous on the 

 fourth and fifth segments, very finely and veiy sparingly punctured 

 and pubescent, the sides and apex with short black setae. 



(J. Seventh dorsal segment with a flat, semicircular tubercle 

 in front of the posterior margin in the middle. Eighth with a small 

 triangular excision on either side of tlie middle of the posterior 

 margin, so that a short, blunt triangular process is formed in the 

 middle and the lateral margins form sharp triangular teeth. 



Hab. Bukit Timah and Bukit Panjang, in fungus. 



