440 FAMILY XI. STAl'llYLINlDJ:. 



Putnam County; scarce. March 2(>-Oetober 10. Sifted from 

 damp vegetable debris. 



Tribe II. PIXOPIIILIXI. 



Elongate, slender, subcylindrieal species having the fourth joint 

 of maxillary palpi as long as the third and obliquely hatchet-shaped. 

 Two genera compose the tribe, both of which occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO GENERA OF PINOPIIILINI. 



a. Abdomen distinctly margined; species black or picenus. 



LIX. PINOPHILI s. 

 (id. Abdomen not margined; species usually pale yellow. 



LX. PALA.MIM s. 



LIX. PINOPHILUS Grav. LS02. (Or., "tilthiness i loving.") 



Rather large blackish species having the head short, wider than 

 long, about as wide as thorax, its base truncate; neck one-half the 

 width of head; antenna? very slender, reaching nearly to base of 

 thorax; mandibles long, strongly curved, each with a blunt median 

 tooth which is notched at apex; eyes large, very close to base of 

 head; basal joint of hind tarsi as long as the next three, fourth joint 

 bilobed. Only isolated descriptions of the five North American spe- 

 cies are extant. Two are known from Indiana. 



S44 (2585). PINOPHILUS LATIPES Grav.. Mnn. Col. Micr., 1SOG. 202. 



Elongate, parallel. Black, feebly sinning, sparsely clothed with gray- 

 ish hairs. Antenna 1 , legs and hind margins of abdominal segments pale, 

 reddish-yellow. Head very finely and sparsely punctate, with a number of 

 coarse, deep punctures above and behind the eyes. Thorax slightly longer 

 than wide; base and apex truncate; sides nearly straight, feebly converg- 

 ing from apex to base; disk coarsely, rather sparsely and irregularly punc- 

 tate. Elytra slightly wider and nearly one-half longer than thorax, coarsely, 

 deeply and densely punctate. Abdomen at base a little narrower and mure 

 finely and sparsely punctate than elytra. Front tarsi of male short, very 

 strongly dilated, the joints membranous and overlapping. Length 13-15 mm. 



Southern half of State; scarce. March 8-December 3. Occurs 

 singly beneath logs and stones in upland woods. One of the longest 

 of our Stanhylinids. 



S4-r, (2.-VSN). PINOPHILUS OPACIS Lee., X. Sp. X. Amer. Col.. I. 1st;:;. 4!. 



Smaller and more slender than l<ilti>cx. I'.lack, subopaque. head and 

 thorax feebly shining: antenna', palpi and legs pale yellow. Elytra much 

 more linely and deeply punctate, bill slightly longer than thorax. Abdo- 

 men more linely punctate. Length s !) mm. 



Lake County; rare. May 30. One specimen from the beach of 

 Lake Michigan. 



