646 Mr. M. Ciuncion on neio Staphylinidai 



catc ; tliorax exceedingly finely and sparingly punctured, 

 without dorsal series of larger punctures. Antcnnic and 

 legs testaceous. 



Length 1*5 mm. 



A small, brightly coloured species, somewhat similar to 

 G. minima, Er., in build. Head inipunctute, finely coriaceous. 

 Antenure with the first joint small, the fifth to the tenth 

 transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate 

 twice as broad as long. Thorax exceedingly finely and 

 sparingly punctured all over, obsoletety transversely strigose. 

 Elytra scarcely longer, but a little liroader than the thorax, 

 exceedingly finely and rather sparingly punctured. Abdomen 

 practically impunctate. 



J . Seventh dorsal segment in front of the posterior 

 bor<ler with two closely approximate small tubercles; tiie 

 eighth narrowed and produced, eniarginate at the extremity, 

 the lateral borders forming on either side a short, stout, 

 blunt tooth. 



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



93. Gyrophana (s. str.) densata, sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Colour of the preceding, but rather broader and more 

 depressed ; the antennae less stout aud slightly infuseate 

 towards the apex, and the elytra much more closely 

 punctured. 



S . Eighth dorsal segment narrowed and rounded at the 

 apex; the disc with a [)air of longitudinal, closely approxi- 

 mated costse or folds, extending from about the middle to 

 the apex. 



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



94. Gyrophcena (s. str.) rufula, sp. n. 



(Fauvel, in litt.) 



Shining rufo-testaceous ; the elytra, except for the 

 shoulders and base, more or less infuseate ; abdomen with 

 the fifth, sixth, and seventh segments more or less darker. 

 Antennie and legs testaceous. 



Length 1'3 mm. 



Smaller than G. piceicollis, m., but somewhat similarly 

 coloured and very distinct by the much stouter antenna}. 



Head very broad, exceedingly finely, scarcely perceptibly, 

 and very sparingly punctured. Antenuie with the fourth 



