the Staphylinidce of Japan. 371 



Group BOLITOCHAEINA. 

 Autalia rufula^ n. sp. 



Rufula, tenuiter pubescens ; abdomiue ante apicem uigro ; thorace 



tricanaliculato. 

 Long. 2^ millim. 



Antenna rather slender, third joint shorter than the second, 

 penultimate joints slightly transverse. Head almost impunc- 

 tate, neck slender. Thorax small, only half as broad as the 

 elytra, about as long as broad, with a deep channel on the 

 middle in front and with a lateral channel or depression on 

 each side, these latter convergent behind. Elytra elongate, 

 deeply marked at the base with four depressions. 



Nagasaki, in Mai'ch ; four examples. 



This minute insect is not one half the size of its European 

 congener A. imp^-essa, to which, however, it appears to be 

 rather closely allied in other respects. 



Bolitochara varipes^ n. sp. 



Nitida, picea, abdomine basi rufo, nigro-variegato ; aniennis basi 

 pedibusqne testaceis, femoribus fuscis ; subtiliter punctulata, 

 elytris crebrius fortiusque punctatis. 



Long. 4 niillira. 



Antenna thicker externally, second and third joints equal 

 in length, fourth and fifth each about as long as broad, sixth 

 to tenth transverse, terminal joint stout, obtuse, longer than 

 the two preceding together, its extremity paler. Head very 

 feebly punctate. Thorax considerably narrower than the 

 elytra, not quite so long as broad, feebly punctate, shining, 

 with a very distinct fovea in front of the base in the middle. 

 Elytra much longer than the thorax, closely and coarsely 

 punctate, the humeral angle reddish. Hind body shining, 

 almost impunctate, varied with red and black, the red predomi- 

 nating on the basal, the black on the apical segments. Legs 

 yellow, the middle and hind femora infuscate. 



Kashiwagi, June 22nd, 1881 ; two specimens. 



Leptusa impressicoUis^ n. sp. 



Minus elongata, subdepressa, rufo-ferruginea, capite fusco, pedibus 

 testaceis; prothorace fortiter transverse, basin versus longitudin- 

 aliter biimpresso. 



Long. 2| millim. 



