40 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



antennae are formed as in that species, but are rather longer and paler in colour. The punctua- 

 tion of the elytra is fine and very scanty, and the fine scratches are less distinct than in T. fime- 

 tarius : the abdominal punctuation is rather denser than it is in the European species. In the 

 male, the dorsal plate of the last segment ends in four short stout teeth as in T. fimetarius ; 

 the ventral plate of the same segment is also almost similar in the two species ; the ventral 

 plate of the preceding segment has a broad notch in the middle ; this is fringed, except in the 

 middle, with very distinct pectinations, and in the middle, where the pectinations are absent, 

 the margin has a rough or spongy appearance ; the termination of the notch on each side is 

 not acuminate : the chief differences from T. fimetarius are the less produced and less acumi- 

 nate terminations of the notch, and the greater development of the pectinations of its margin. 

 The dorsal and ventral plates in the female are formed as in T. fimetarius, except that the 

 teeth of both plates are very much longer. 



Four individuals found on the road across the Pamir, from Sirikol to Panga, between the 

 22nd April and 7th May 1874. 



CREOPHILUS (Munich Cat.). 

 1. STAPHTLINTJS MAXILLOSUS, Lin. 

 Kogyar, 1st June 1874. 



PHILONTHUS (Munich Cat.). 

 1. PHILONTHUS CYANELYTRIUS, Kr. 

 Murree. One individual. 



2. PHILONTHUS EOTUNDICOLLIS, Men. 



Sanju, Pamir, Yarkand. A large series of this species exhibits considerable variation in 

 colour. 



3. STAPHYLINUS SORDIDUS, Gray. 



A single individual, without locality or date, has the elytra darker coloured than 

 usual. 



4. PHILONTHUS STOLICZK.E, n. sp. 



P. rubido Er. similis et affinis : angustulus, subparallelus, niger, elytris rufis, antennis 



fuscis, basi cum pedibus testaceo, abdominis segmentis ferrugineo-marginatis ; thorace angus~ 



tvlo, subparallelo, serie discoidali punctorum 5, et punctis lateralibus sat numerosis ; elytris 



rufis basi swnmo paulo obscuriore, crebre, fere fort iter pwctatis; abdomine dense, cequaliter 



subtiliterque punctato, opaco. 



Long. 5 mm. 



Antennae moderately long, second and third joints rather long, sub-equal, tenth about as 

 long as broad. Palpi yellow. Head sub-oblong, with rather numerous coarse punctures, which 



