532 Staphvlinini. (Oxyporini.) 



iina siifnrali, reliqnis dnahns (lorsalibus, latorihns oi niargino n])icali parco 

 ])nbescontia, cetorniu glabra. Abdomen apiconi vorsns sonsiiii angiistatinu, 

 crcbrins pnnctulatunij nigro -puboscons, acneo-nitidiilimi. Pedes picei, tar- 

 sis rnfescentibus, anticis in utroque scxu dilatatis. 



11. Q. chloro])ha7ius : Vlrkll-melaUicus, nUkhts, ahdommc vielaUico-ver- 

 skolore, ano ferrugineo. — Loug. 4 lin. 



Habitat in Bengala, Mns. Dom. Hope. 



Statura oninino Q. fiilgidi, viridi-iuet^illicus, nitidus. Antonnao capito 

 sesqui fore longioros, apico liaud crassiores, articiilo tertiO secundo longioro, 

 4 — 10 subaeqnalibus, ultinio ovato, a])ice aciiniinato, nigrao. Mandibulae 

 et pal])i apice picei. Caput tliorace diniidio angiistins, snbovatuin, depros- 

 siusculnni, supra ocnlos pnnctis utrinque tribus, intor oculos utrinque pun- 

 cto singulo improssuni. Ocnli uiodiocros, panim proininnli. Thorax colooptc- 

 rorum latitudine, latitudine summa tortia parte brovior, lateribus rotnndatis, 

 a])icem versns loviter angnstatns, basi levitcr rotnndatus, apice truncatus, 

 angulis antei'ioribns subrectis, doflexis, ])osterioribns obtusis, levitor conve- 

 xus, niargine laterali subexpiauato, seriebus dorsalibns punctis tribus, antc- 

 rioribus duobus magis aj^proximatis, coinpositis, lateribus punctis praeter 

 uiarginalia utFinqno 4 im])ressns. Scutellum laovissinium. Elytra thoracis 

 longitudine, minus dense aoqnalitor ])unctata, parce griseo-pubescontia. Ab- 

 domeu apiceni versns seusim angustatum, parcins puuctatum, tenuitcr pu- 

 boscons, fortitor metallico-versicolor, segmento qninto apice sextoque toto 

 ferrughieis. Pedes tarsis piceis, anticis in utroque sexu fortiter dilatatis. 



2) T h o r a x s e r i o b u s d o r s a 1 i b u s 2 - p u n c t a t i s. 



* 12. Q. viridulus: ]\i:i;er, nilidits, cnpile ihoraccque ohscure virescenlihns, 

 ehjiris htele vlridilus, sublilHer punclalis^ sculello jmnclulalo. — Long, 

 4 Itn. 



Habitat Bogotao in Columl)ia interiorc, Dom. Buquct. 



Statura omnino Q. impressi, niger, nitidns, capite thoraceque politis, 

 iiigro-virescentibns , elytris laete cyauescenti-viridibus , nitidis. Antennae 

 capite sesqui longiores, articnlo tertio secundo paulo longiore, 4 — 10 sen- 

 siin paulo brevioribns et crassioribus, penultimis subobconicis, crassitie vix 

 longioribus, nltimo ovato, apice abrnpte acuminato, nigrac. Palpi ' nigri, 

 maxillaros articulo qnarto minore. Caput thorace paiilo angustius, snbor- 

 bicuiatum, fronte plauinscula, punctis ntrinque tribus oblique positis ad ver- 

 ticem, duobns approximatis supra oculos, singulo ad ocnli marginem inte- 

 riorem impressum. Oculi parvi, rotnndati_, parnm prominuli. Thorax co- 

 leopteris paulo angustior, basi et lateribus leviter rotnndatis, his ])oue medium 

 subsinuatis, autrorsum subangustatns, apice truncatus et utrinque subsinuatiis, 

 angulis anterioribus deflexis, subrotundatis, posterioribns obtusis, parum 

 convexus, seriebus dorsalibus punctis duobus pro])e apicem sitis compositis, 

 lateribus punctis praeter marginalia nullis, marginali maiusculo singnlo utrin- 

 que ante medium impressus. Scutellum subtiliter punctulatum. Elytra tho- 

 race sesqui longiora, subtiliter minns dense punctata, tenniter nigro-pubc- 

 scentia. Abdouieu breviusculum, coleopteri-, angustius, apicein versus sensiin 



