122 Ml . M. Cameron on new Staphylinidse 



third, tlie fourtli and fifth a little lonj^cr than broad, the 

 sixth as long as broad, the seventh to the tenth transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth. Palpi reddish. Thorax 

 longer than broad, narrowed behind, tlie sides sinuate 

 posteriorly, the disc on either side of the smooth median 

 part with a row of six large punctures, and externally with 

 an irregular group of six others. Scntelluni closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra l)roader, but scarcely longer than the thorax, 

 scarcely transverse, very coarsely and pretty closely punc- 

 tured. Abdomen pretty strongly and closely punctured at 

 the base of the first three segments, more finely and sparingly 

 on the rest of the surface ; the whole of the sixth and the 

 posterior margins of the rest of the ventral segments reddish 

 testaceous. There appears to be no modification of the 

 sixth ventral segment in the ^ . 



St. Vincent (//. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



60. Belonuchus caruleus, sp. n. 

 (smithif Fauvel, in lift.) 



Shining, blue; the abdomen black, the last two segments 

 bright reddish-testaceous. Antennie black ; legs pitchy- 

 brown. 



Length 7 mm. 



Very distinct by the greenish-blue head and thorax, blue 

 elytra, and dark abdomen with bright extremity. Head 

 broader than the thorax, quadrate, the front with median 

 impressed line, the sides and base with irregular scattered 

 punctures of rather large size; temples impunctate. An- 

 tennae with the second joint shorter than the third, the fourth 

 as long as broad, the fifth to the tenth moderately transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth. Thorax a little longer 

 than broad, narrowed and sinuated at the sides posteriorly ; 

 disc on either side of the middle, with a row of five large 

 punctures and two or three externally. Seutellum black, 

 closely punctured. Elytra broader, but scarcely longer than 

 the thorax, about as long as broad, moderately coarsely and 

 pretty closely punctured. Abdomen moderately coarsely 

 and closely punctured at the bases of the first three segments, 

 much more finely and sparingly behind. 



(} unknown. 



St. Vincent {H. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 



