43S FAMILY XI. STAL'HYLINID.K. 



839 (2575). P.EUERUS OIU.ITERATUS Lee., Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XVII, 1878, 



395. 



Elongate, very slender. Head as broad as long, slightly wider than 

 thorax and, like the latter, very finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax 

 elongate-oval, sides feebly curved. Elytra distinctly longer than wide, a 

 fourth wider and slightly longer than thorax. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 minutely and sparsely punctate. Male with the sixth ventral cleft nearly 

 to base. Length 4.7-5.2 mm. 



Kosciusko Comity; rare. October 2(1. Occurs along the borders 

 of the larger hikes and Ilie seacoasl of Ilie Eastern Tnil M! Stales. 



LVIT. StiNirs Steph. 1831. (Gr., "to be together.") 



Elongate, very slender species having the labrum short. trtin- 

 i ate. bidentate ; prosternum carinate; base of head more or le-is 

 ln-oadly curved and truncate; basal joint of hind tarsi much elon- 

 gated, the fourth joint of all the tarsi hilobed beneath. The follow- 

 ing species have been taken or probably occur in the State: 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF SUNHS. 



. Head black or piceous. 



6. Elytra in part, sometimes almost wholly, black. 

 c. Abdomen wholly dark; elytra pale at apex. 



(I. Elytra distinctly longer than thorax ; head more densely punc- 

 tured beneath. CINCTXJS. 

 dd. Elytra equal to or shorter than thorax; head less densely punc- 

 tured beneath. 840. LINEARIS. 

 (<-. Abdomen reddish-yellow, usually black at tip: elytra subequal in 

 length and width to thorax, with a large dark spot en outer side 

 behind the middle. S41. BINOTATUS. 

 hh. Elytra wholly pale, small, equal to or shorter than thorax; b;,dy 

 wholly pale except the head and last two segments. BRKVIPENNIS. 

 tut. Head and entire body except the last two segments pale; elytra dis- 

 tinctly longer than thorax. 842. mscorrNCTATi s. 



X. c'niclnx Say, 3.5-4.5 mm. in length, occurs from Xew York to 

 Iowa. Tt is usually listed as /-<>!:.I-HV Krichs.. but Say's name has 

 priority. 



S-H) (_ -). Si'.Mi s LINEAUIS Ei'ichs., (Jen. Spec. Staph.. 1X40, r,:'.!>. 



Elongate, parallel. P.lack or picenus. siibipaque; legs, anteiuue and 

 apical third of elytra pale yellow. Head as wide as long, slightly wider 

 than thorax, its surface, as well as that of the latter, coarsely and densely 

 punctured, the punctures elongate. Thorax oval, as wide as long, sides 

 feebly curved, base slightly narrower than apex. Elytra a little wider, 

 about as long and more coarsely punctate than thorax. Abdomen at base 

 slightly narrower than elytra, gradually and feebly widening toward apex, 

 tiuely and densely punctate. Length 4.4 mm. 



