284 Dr. D. Sharp on 



perfectly, I have little or no doubt that it is allied to Homoeusa, 

 and distinguished from it and other neighbouring genera hj 

 the very peculiar antennse, the joints of which are consoli- 

 dated, so that they cannot be easily counted ; the terminal 

 joint is elongate, acuminate, about equal in length to the rest 

 of the consolidated mass ; the first joint is distinct, the second 

 and third small and slender, the following joints considerably 

 larger, consolidated. 



Asjpidohactrus claviger^ n. sp, 



Ferrugineo-testaceus, abdomine obscuriore apice testaceo, subtiliter 



punctulata ; thorace anterius rotundato, abdomine acuminato. 

 Long. 3 millim. 



AntennoR short, thick, rigid, subacuminate. Head im- 

 mersed under the large thorax ; this latter completely rounded 

 at the front and sides, the base strongly bisinuate, the hind 

 angles acute and projecting backwards, the surface finely 

 punctate and pubescent. Elytra considerably shorter and 

 narrower than tlie thorax, strongly sinuate near the outer 

 hind angle, finely punctate ; scutellum not visible. Hind 

 body strongly narrowed from base to apex, feebly punctate, 

 rather st]-ongly pubescent. Tarsi rather short, very slender, 

 especially at the extremity. 



ISfikko ; one specimen. 



This is one of the most remarkable of the Staphylinidse 

 captured by Mr. Lewis, and is pretty certainly either myrme- 

 cophilous or termitophilous in its habits. 



ThiasopJiila oxypodina^ n. sp. 



Elongata, subparallela, minus depressa, Bubtilissime punctata, evi- 

 denter pubcscens, opaca, rufo-testacea, abdomine medio nigri- 

 cante. 



Long. 2\ millim. 



Antennae red, thick, thicker externally, second and third 

 joints subequal, fifth to tenth strongly transverse. Head 

 rather narrow. Thorax slightly transverse, densely punctate, 

 base scarcely bisinuate, hind angles very minutely acute. 

 Elytra slightly longer than the thorax. Hind body slender, 

 rather sparingly punctate, basal two segments deeply trans- 

 versely impressed at the base. 



Hakone, Suyama, Miyanoshita, in company with a small 

 a.nt. 



This little insect seems better placed in Thiasophila than 



