'riii; sii()i;i-\vi\(ii:i) sew i:n(;i:i; i;i:i: ii.i;s. ;J41 



r,;;.") (l!(is(i). (i^■l;nI•ll.l■:^A i <n;i;i x i i,a I'lridis.. (Jen. Sp. Slapli.. is|(i. Is".). 



Slini'I. hiiiMil. siih|i;u-;ill('l. I '.l;irkisli |iic('niis. sl I i iii ii;,' ; cl.vn-a ullcn iiidtc 

 nr k'ss hrnwiiisli : :iiit('iin;r .-ind Ic^'s p.-ilc ycllnw. 'I'lmi'ax Iwicc as wide a.s 

 1(111,^. .slif^litly wider tlian licad, sides c-urvfd. surface luimitely and sparsely 

 iniiu-tato. Klytra a little wider and lonj^er than thorax, sparsely pubescent; 

 iiiinutely. miiglily and sparsely punctate. l.eii;,'tli 1 1..". nun. 



Mai'iiHi. ^loiii'dc and I'oscy <'(iinii ics ; I'rciiiiciit locally. Jnno 2 

 ()ctolicr ;'>1. (>cciii's ill Icalhcry I'lnmi on sides d' caU and lieccli 

 s1inii|)s. 

 (;.",(■» ( ). (!yi{()1'ii.k.\a i.oiiAi'A ("as<'y. '('r.-ius. Acad. Sci. SI. i.enis. WI. 



1!)(k;. •2',):). 



Uallier stonl. spindlesiiaped. I'.rtiwnisli-yellow, sbininj?; head black, 

 (inter apical anu'le nf elytr.i. (lisl< of thiu'ax and fourth dorsal segment of ab- 

 doiiieii more (ir less lusciius. Antenna' reaehiuj? base of elytra, .ioints 5-10 

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

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

 the excejitlfii cf ah;ait ten widely scattered punctures, the post-median iiaii- 

 sii-nng. i:iytr,i ,i fdui'tli wider and one-lmlf longer than thorax, minutely 

 .ind s|iarsely imnctate. Length 2.1.* mm. 



Marion County; fare. ^Fay '22. Taken Ity sweeping'. I)es;'ril)ed 

 ri'oiii Xow York. 

 iVM (2077). Cyuoimf.i-.na vi.mi.a lOrichs.. (Jen. Sp. Staph., 1S40, ISO. 



liather stout, snbpar.illel. I'ale reddish-yellow; head, apical third of 

 elytra, exce]>t at sutio'c. and fourth and fifth dorsal segments of abdomen 

 black or i)iceoiis. Thorax not quite twice as wide as long, parallel and 

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

 two lai'ger i)unctures behind the middle. Elytra about one-tifth wider and 

 one-half longer than thorax, finely and sparsely punctate, I.^ngth !..">- 

 2.5 mm. 



Southern half oi' State; t're(|ueiit. .March 20-Septenil)er 25. 

 Occurs on fieshy fungi. 



i'C>S (2078). Gyroph^na dissimilis Erichs., Gen. Sp. Staph., 1S40, ISU. 



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

 apical half of abdomen blackish; antenme and legs j'ellow. Thorax wider 

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

 with the humeri more narrowly exposed than in that species. Length L5- 

 2..". mm. 



Soul hern hall' of State; rre()iient. May lo-Sepleiiihcr 25. 



PL.\rf's.\ Kr. 1S:^T. (Or., "plate") 



Antenn-i' shr it. liead rather suiall ; tliorax broad, strongly tran.s- 

 vorse : elytra larye. altdonien snoi)aranel. 



\o ineiiil); r of the genu.s has as yet been recorded from Indiana. 

 but its ocetirrence in the State is very pr()bal)le. 



