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Sah. Ceylon, Kandy {G. E. Bryant). 



I am indebted to Mr. Bryant for examples of this and many othei 

 species of Staphylinidae. 



Leucitus rujlpennis, n. sp. 



Black, shining ; elytra bright reddish-testaceous ; abdomen with the first 

 two visible segments reddish-testaceous, with a large black iridescent spot in 

 the centre of each, the 3rd entirely reddish-testaceous, the 4th, 5th, and 6th black, 

 iridescent, the 4th and 5th narrowly rufo-testaceous along the apical margin ; 

 thorax with a dorsal row of four punctures on either side of the disc ; antennae 

 with the 1st, the base of the 2nd, and the 10th and 11th joints testaceous ; legs 

 testaceous. Length 15 mm. Head black, shining, transversely quadrate, the 

 eyes large, their diameter much greater than the length of the temples, which 

 are slightly convergent to the rounded posterior angles ; impressed on either 

 side between the eye and the base of the antenna ; front sometimes with a pair 

 of setiferous punctures, the rest of the sculpture consisting of three or four 

 juxta-ocular punctures, one on either side of the posterior part of the disc and 

 two or three small temporal punctures, all of which carry the usual setae. 

 Antennae rather stout, the 2nd joint a little shorter than the 3rd, the 4th 

 scarcely longer than broad, the 5th as long as broad, the 6th to the 10th trans- 

 verse, gradually increasing in breadth, the 11th short, oval, emarginate. Palpi 

 testaceous. Thorax scarcely longer than broad, widest at the anterior angles, 

 which are deflexed, the sides gradually convergent in a nearly straight line to 

 the broadly rounded posterior angles ; the disc on either side with a row of four 

 moderately large punctures, the sides with four or five others behind the 

 anterior angles, the lateral and basal margins also present a few small punc- 

 tures. Scutelluni triangular, reddish-testaceous, closely and not very finely 

 punctured in its centre. Elytra a little longer and broader than the thorax, 

 bright reddish-testaceous, not very finely or very closely punctured (about as 

 coarsely as in L. albertisi Fauv., but not so closely) ; pubescence long, yellow, 

 much of it erect. Abdomen of the colour described above, the first three 

 visible segments very sparingly, the last three much more closely and 

 uniformly, punctured ; pubescence long, yellowish. 



Var. First two, half the third, and last three joints of the antennae 

 testaceous. 



(S . Sixth ventral segment with a semicircular emargination at the 

 posterior border. 



Hah. BoEXEO, Quop, W. Sarawak {G. E. Bryant); E. Java, 

 Mt. Tengger. 



The variety occurs at Bedagei, Sumatra. It is probable that the 

 specimens with two punctui*es on the forehead are males. 



Quedius {Baphirus) taproianus, n. sp. 



Head black ; thorax pitchy-red, with two large punctures on either side of 

 the middle line ; elytra brown, the apex and lateral margins testaceous-yellow, 



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