TIIK SHORT-WINGED SCAVENGEB BEETLES. 



<;:)5 (L'OSU). GYUOLMM:NA coiuu set. LA Erichs., Gen. Sp. Staph.. 1S40. 180. 



Short, broad, subparallel. Blackish-piceous, shining; elytra often more 

 or less brownish ; antenme and legs pale yello.w. Thorax t\vice as wide as 

 long, slightly wider than head, sides curved, surface minutely and sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra a little wider and longer than thorax, sparsely pubescent; 

 minutely, roughly and sparsely punctate. Length 1-1.5 nun. 



Marion, Monroe ;i:id Posey comities; frequent locally. June 2- 

 October 31. Occurs in lealliery fungi on sides of oak and beech 

 si limps. 



<;:;; ( ). GYKOIMI.K.NA I.OHATA Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. SI. Luuis. X\'l, 

 11)06, 293. 



Uather stout, spindle-shaped. Brownish-yellow, shining; head black, 

 outer apical angle of elytra, disk of thorax and fourth dorsal segment of ab- 

 domen more or less fuscous. Antenna? reaching base of elytra, joints 5-10 

 brownish, slightly wider than long. Thorax much wider than head, two- 

 thirds wider than long, sides broadly rounded into base; disk smooth with 

 the exception of almut ten widely scattered punctures, the post-median pair 

 strong. Elytra a fourth wider and one-half longer than thorax, minutely 

 and sparsely punctate. Length 2.2 mm. 



Marion County ; rare. Mny 22. Taken by sweeping. Described 

 from New York. 



G37 (2077). GYROPII^.NA VIM LA Erichs.. Gen. Sp. Staph., 1840, 186. 



Rather stout, subparallel. Pale reddish-yellow ; head, apical third of 

 elytra, except at suture, and fourth and fifth dorsal segments of abdomen 

 black or piceous. Thorax not quite twice as wide as long, parallel and 

 rounded on the sides; surface very sparsely and obsoletely punctate with 

 two larger punctures behind the middle. Elytra about one-fifth wider and 

 one-half longer than thorax, finely and sparsely punctate. Length 1.5- 

 2.5 mm. 



Southern half of State ; frequent. March 20-September 25. 

 Occurs on fleshy fungi. 



G38 (2078). GYROPHVENA DISSIMILIS Erichs., Gen. Sp. Staph., 1840, 186. 



Form of rinula. Pale dull yellow; head, apical angles of elytra and 

 apical half of abdomen blackish ; antenna? and legs yellow. Thorax wider 

 than head, nearly twice as wide as long, otherwise as in vinula. Elytra 

 with the humeri more narrowly exposed than in that species. Length !.."> 

 2.3 mm. 



Southern half of State; frequent. May 13-Septeinber 25. 



PLAcrsAEr. 1837. (Gr.. "plate.") 



Antenna' shrrt. head rather small ; thorax broad, strongly trans- 

 verse; elytra large, abdomen subparallel. 



No member of the genus has as yd been recorded from Indiana, 

 but its occurrence in the State is very probable. 



