294 On the Staphylinida3 of Japan. 



tenth joints transverse, the tenth quite twice as broad as 

 long. Head stout, about half as broad as the elytra. Thorax 

 quite twice as broad as long, base and sides greatly rounded, 

 the surface without depressions, scarcely visibly punctate. 

 Elytra a little longer than the thorax, very minutely punc- 

 tate. Hind body shining, almost impunctate, narrower 

 behind. 



Suyayama and Kuraamoto ; two specimens. 



Homalota gyrophcenula^ n. sp. 



Brevis, subdepressa, rufo-testaeca ; antennis extrorsum, peetore ab- 

 dominisque segmentis 4°-6"' nigricantibus ; elytris fusco-testaceis ; 

 antennis brevibus, apicem versus crassioribus. 



Long. 2 millim. 



Antennae very short, third joint small, fifth much broader 

 than the fourth, fifth to tenth transverse, the last of them 

 strongly so ; terminal joint short, obtuse. Head small, about 

 half as broad as the elytra. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 quite twice as broad as long ; base strongly rounded, surface 

 even, delicately pubescent, scarcely visibly punctate. Elytra 

 longer than the thorax, very finely punctate. Hind body 

 broad and short, finely punctate. 



Thectura armata^ n. sp. 



Elongata, angusta, parallela, deprcssa, nigra ; elytris fuscis ; an- 

 tennis, palpis pedibusque testaceis; capitofortiter punctato, thorace 

 medio longitudinaliter impresso. 



Long. 2\ millim. 



Antennse short and rather stout, reddish, outwardly more 

 obscure, fifth to tenth joints transverse. Head subquadrate, 

 slightly nari-ower than the thorax, rather closely and coarsely 

 punctate. Thorax feebly transverse, very finely punctate. 

 Elytra longer than the thorax, very finely punctate. Hind 

 body narrow and elongate, very obsoletely punctate. In the 

 male the last dorsal plate is armed in the middle behind with 

 a projection, close to which on each side there is a fine spine; 

 the outside of the hind margin has a long conspicuous spine. 



This differs from T. cuspidata in the male characters and 

 is of larger size. 



Falagria myrmecopliila^ n. sp. 

 Brunnea, antennis pedibusque testaceis, dense subtiliter punctata. 



