32G Mr. M. Cameron on neiv Staphylinidae 



7. Osorius fauveli, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; elytra red ; antennae, legs, and posterior 

 margins of the abdominal segments narrowly reddish testa- 

 ceous. Head, thorax, and elytra moderately coarsely, hut 

 not very closely, punctured. Abdomen with sparse super- 

 ficial puncturation. 



Length 3 mm. 



From the description should be placed near 0. eggersi, 

 Bernh., from which it differs in colour, absence of impunc- 

 tate space on the head, the transverse thorax deeply foveolate 

 in front of the posterior angles, the elytra longer than the 

 thorax, and the sparing superficial puncturation of the 

 abdomen. 



Head narrower than the thorax, truncate in front, with 

 scattered umbilicate puncturation and coriaceous ground- 

 sculpture, without a smooth central line. Antenna? with 

 fourth to tenth joints transverse, gradually increasing in 

 breadth; mouth-parts yellow. Thorax a little broader than 

 the elytra, a little broader than long; sides almost parallel 

 for four-fifths of their length, then suddenly contracted to 

 the nearly rectangular posterior angles, with a deep rounded 

 fovea in front of the latter, and with rather large, scattered, 

 superficial, umbilicate puncturation, and with a smooth 

 central line ; ground-sculpture distinct, coriaceous ; pubes- 

 cence rather long, coarse, and sparing. Elytra a little longer 

 than the thorax, as long as broad, with puncturation, ground- 

 sculpture, and pubescence similar to that of the thorax. 

 Abdomen with very sparing and still more superficial punctu- 

 ration, and similar ground-sculpture to the elytra; pubes- 

 cence long, coarse, and sparing. 



Haiti. Type in my collection. 



Megalopini. 



8. Megalops Iceviventris, sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Black, shining ; thorax with four more or less transverse 

 grooves on cither side ; each elytron with well-marked 

 humeral callus, behind and internal to which is an impres- 

 sion bearing three to five large punctures grouped irregu- 

 larly ; between the impression and the suture a rounded 

 elevation or callus, and between the impression and the 

 posterior margin a small puncture. Legs and antennae 



