the Staphylinidae of Japan. 453 



pedibusque testaceis ; elytris thoracis longitudine, vix rufesceati- 

 bus ; abdomine parce obsoletissimeque puuctato. 

 Long. 3|^ millim. 



This species is of the size and form of T. humerosus, but is 

 one of the most easily recognized species of the genus ; the 

 head is broader than usual, the eyes being larger and more 

 distinctly faceted ; the penultimate joint of the maxillary 

 palpus is but little broader than the preceding. The thorax 

 is but little curved at the sides and but little narrowed in 

 front; its sides are more or less distinctly sordid yellow. 

 The elytra are of a very dull and obscure red colour, only 

 very sparingly punctured. The punctuation of the hind 

 body is extremely indistinct. The tarsi are elongate and 

 slender, the anterior of the male not dilated. ^ 



Five individuals were found at Miyanoshita and a single 

 individual at Hakone, a few miles distant. 



Tachyporus orihogrammus^ n. sp. 



Niger ; prothorace margine laterali et basali, elytris margine api- 

 cali vittaque recta iutra-laterali, pedibus aiitennisque testaceis, 

 his extrorsum fuscescentibus. 



Long. 3 millim. 



Antennse quite slender, a little thickened externally. Head 

 broad, with large eyes. Thorax strongly transverse, not 

 much narrowed in front. Elytra considerably longer than 

 the thorax, feebly punctate and pubescent, and with a few 

 erect, short, black setae distributed over their surface; of a 

 lurid black colour, at some distance from the outer margin 

 but parallel with it, bearing a broad straight yellow stripe 

 extending from front to hind margin. Hind body black, 

 hind margin of each segment narrowly yellow. 



This has longer elytra than T. oculatus, and cannot fail to 

 be distinguished by the peculiar coloration of the wing-cases. 



Kiga ; a single example. 



Conosoma pumilum. 

 Conurus pumilus, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc Lond. 1874, p. 18. 

 Found near Nagasaki in March. 



Conosoma germanum. 

 Conurus germanus, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 17. 

 About a dozen specimens have been found in various local- 

 ities in Kiushiu and the main island, Hakone, Fukushiraa, 



