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706 (2100). QUEDIUS FULGIDUS Fab., Mant. Ins., I, 220. 



Moderately elongate. Color variable ; usually with head and thorax 

 black, elytra reddish-brown, antennae, legs and abdomen piceous or dark 

 reddish-brown. Head oval, polished, with four punctures each side, the 

 fourth behind the eye with a few smaller punctures around it. Antennre 

 reaching the middle of thorax, joints 4-10 as wide as long. Thorax slightly 

 wider than long, narrowed in front, sides feebly, base broadly curved ; disk 

 with the usual dorsal rows of three punctures, and others along margins 

 of apex and base. Elytra as wide as thorax, together wider than long; 

 surface rather finely, not densely punctate. Abdomen as wide as and more 

 densely and finely punctured than elytra. Length 7-11 mm. 



Marion, Putnam, Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. 

 June 11-September 22. The specimens from the last two named 

 counties were taken in caves and it has been recorded from caves in 

 Virginia and Kentucky, though it also occurs above ground. 



707 (2101). QUEDIUS SUBLIMBATUS Maid., Bull. Mosc., Ill, 1853, 100. 



Elongate, slender. Black, shining ; antennae and legs reddish-brown ; 

 elytra usually with the humeri and a narrow space at apex and along tin- 

 suture paler. Head oval, with four punctures each side. Thorax wider 

 than long; sides feebly, base more strongly curved; disk with the usual 

 rows of dorsal punctures and a few very small ones along the margins. 

 Elytra as wide as thorax, together longer than wide, rather coarsely, deep- 

 ly and closely punctate, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 sparsely punctate and pubescent. Length 5-6 mm. 



Steuben County; rare. June 17. Sifted from sphagnum moss 

 in tamarack swamp. A member of the boreal fauna. 



708 (2102). QUEDIUS PEREGRINUS Grav., Mon. Col. Micro., 1806, 53. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Piceous or dark reddish-brown; legs, an- 

 tennse, and often the last two abdominal segments, paler. Head elongate- 

 oval, much longer than wide. Antennae reaching middle of thorax, the sec- 

 ond joint less than half the length of third. Thorax broader than Inng. 

 narrower in front ; sides feebly, base broadly curved ; disk with the usual 

 dorsal rows of three punctures. Elytra slightly narrower than thorax, a 

 little longer than wide; rather coarsely, sparsely and shallowly punctate, 

 sparsely pubescent. Abdomen a little narrower than elytra, with similar 

 punctures. Length 6-9 mm. 



Marion and Vigo counties; scarce. October 5-December 25. 

 Occurs in fungi and beneath bark. 



709 (2103). QUEDIUS CAPUCINUS Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., 1806. 40. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black or piceous, shining ; antennae, legs and 

 sometimes the elytra dark reddish-brown. Head orbicular or slightly oval, 

 with the usual four punctures, some smaller ones behind the eye and two 

 on front between the eyes. Antenna? reaching the middle of thorax, the 

 second joint one-half the length of third. Thorax as in pereyrinti*. but 



