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Throughout the State; frequent. April 28-Deeember 18. Oc- 

 curs in carrion, decaying hind and dung. Hibernates beneath 

 partly luiried logs ne;ir ;i food supply. 



720 <21:',2'I. STAIMIYI.IM-S MYSTUTS Eridis.. (Jon. Spec. Staph., 1X40. U20. 

 Moderately elongate, rather robust. I>ark brown to piceous, subopaquo : 



tibia*, tarsi, basal joints of antenna' and tip (if abdomen reddish-brown. 

 Thorax not wider than head, slightly longer than wide, sides nearly straight, 

 base broadly curved. Elytra a little wider than thorax, together as wide 

 as long, densely punctate and clothed with brownish hairs. Abdomen as 

 wide as elytra, above densely punctate, sparsely clothed with brownish and 

 yellow hairs; segments two to six with a double row of small velvety spots. 

 Length 10-20 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. April 15-Oetober 4. Occurs be- 

 reath cover in upland sandy woods. 



X. fcninraius Fab., a southern form. 15 mm. in length, has been 

 taken by Dury near Cincinnati and probably occurs sparingly in 

 southern Indiana. 



721 *(2135). STAPHYLINUS TOMENTOSUS Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., 1800, 101. 

 Resembles tinjstlcus in form-and structure. Color wholly uniform black. 



opaque; thorax, elytra and abdomen sparsely clothed with short, black 

 (rarely brownish) pubescence. Antennae in both species reaching middle 

 of thorax. Head and thorax in both very densely and regularly punctate, 

 the punctures of head coarser than those of thorax. Length 14-10 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. February 6-October 21. Oc- 

 curs especially along the beaches of lakes, feeding on decaying fish ; 

 also on fungi. 



722 (2i:JO). STAPHYLINUS FOSSATOR Grav., Mon. Col. Micro., 1800, 164. 

 Elongate, rather robust. Black, subopaque ; antennae and legs piceous ; 



elytra usually with a large spot of golden pubescence on the outer apical 

 angles. Head, antennae and thorax much as in miisticus, the punctures of 

 head coarser; the thorax with a narrow, smooth median line on basal half. 

 Elytra as wide as thorax, together as broad as long, densely and roughly 

 punctate. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra, sparsely pubescent, 

 densely and finely punctate. Length 13-17 mm. 



Putnam and Lawrence counties; rare. August 5-August 21. 

 Occurs in decaying fleshy fungi. 



723 *(2138). STAPHYLINUS CINNAMOPTRKUS Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., 1800. 



104. 



Elongate, rather slender. Head, thorax, elytra, tibiae, tarsi, apical mar- 

 gins of abdominal segments and entire last segment, brownish-red; antenna?, 

 under surface, femora- and abdomen in great part piceous. Antenna? a lit- 

 tle longer than head, slightly paler toward the tip. Thorax as wide as 



