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elongate punctures behind each eye, and five or six others behind. 

 Prothorax oblong, convex, a little incurved laterally, with three or four 

 punctures near each side, but otherwise impunctate. Elytra individually 

 rounded behind, their sculpture indistinct. Abdomen impunctate. 



Larger and more convex than the preceding species. 



Length, 5 J lines ; breadth, quite J-. 



I found one specimen at Parua. 



Group-STAPHYLINIDJE. 



Antenna inserted at the anterior margin of the epistome. Protho- 

 racic spiracles often visible, sometimes covered by free corneous plates. 



Staphylinus. 



Linne ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. ii.,/. 76. 



Mentum very short. Ligula small, a little sinuated in front ; its 

 paraglossae coriaceous, very much longer than it, ciliated internally. 

 Inner lobe of the maxilla trapezeiform, ciliated inwardly ; the external 

 a little longer, narrowed at its base, ciliated at the apex. Last joint of 

 the palpi of variable length ; that of the maxillary almost acuminate ; 

 the labial of the same form but occasionally truncated at the extremity. 

 Labrum transversal, bi-lobed, corneous, with a membraneous or coria- 

 ceous border. Head sub-orbicular or almost quadrangular, sometimes 

 sub-rhomboidal, furnished with a more or less stout neck. Antenmc 

 rather short, of variable form and thickness; their basal joint moderately 

 long. Prothorax transversal, rounded behind, truncated in front, with 

 distinct anterior angles. Elytra obliquely truncated, or a little rounded 

 at the extremity. Abdomen sub-parallel, for the greater part of its 

 length. Legs moderate, more or less robust ; the intermediate some- 

 times rather, sometimes only a little, distant ; anterior tarsi frequently 

 dilated, forming an oval palette, pilose underneath ; the four posterior 

 filiform, with their basal joint a little elongated. 



Body more or less elongated, usually robust and winged. 



199. S. OCUlatuS, Fabr. ; Ent. Syst., ii., 521, 10. Black, head 

 and thorax shining, both, except a few scattered hairs, quite nude ; 

 elytra and hind body rather dull and pubescent. 



Antenna robust, gradually incrassated, their basal joint about as 

 long as the following three ; second and third about equal, obconical ; 

 joints four to six globular, seven to ten transverse, eleventh longer than 

 tenth, pointed, the terminal joints finely pubescent. Head transversal with 

 rounded hind angles and a broad neck ; it bears two punctures close to 

 each eye and a larger one behind them, there are also two in front of 

 the neck, the rest of its surface is indistinctly punctulated ; the 

 lateral space behind each eye is fulvous. Prothorax broader than 

 long, finely margined, slightly curvedly narrowed towards its rounded 

 base, its surface impunctate. Elytra broader than thorax, somewhat 



