Tin: ANNA f.S 



MAGAZINE OF xNATURAL UlSTOliY. 



[NINTH SKRIIvS.] 



No. r,i. juxl: 1022. 



LXXVI. — Descriptions of new Species 0/ Staphylinidtc /;v>»i 

 the IFest Indies. Bv Malcolm Cameko.v, :\J.B., ll.X., 

 F.E.S. 



Part II. 



Continued fiL-ui \i. li's.] 



li O L I T ( ) C H A H I N I . 



73. Dicstuta puncticeps^ sp. 11. 

 (Fauvel, in litt.) 



Red, moderatel)^ shining; the base of the elytra reddish 

 yellow, the rest infuscate. Autenuse with the first three 

 joints and the legs testaceous. 



Length 1"75 mm. 



Very similar to D. brevicornis, Slip.; the abdomen is, 

 liowever, entirely red, the elytra in great part infnscatc 

 leaving only the base reddish-yellow, and the punctnration 

 o£ the fore-parts is less fine. Head witli close, moderately 

 fine, but superficial puneturation. Antennto stout, the 

 third joint shorter and more slender than the second, the 

 fourth to the tenth transverse, the penultimate nearly three 

 times as broad as long. Thorax transverse, the posterior 

 angles obtuse, the disc usually with a transverse impression 



Ann. <C- Mivj. X. Hist. Str. 0. Vol. ix. 41 



