•'^58 J^AMILY XI. STAPH YLTNTD^E. 



Tlirouglidut the State, eommon in the southern eonnties; niueh 

 less so northward. March LS-Novenilx-r 1. Taken by sifting damp 

 vegetable debris. Probably hibernates as imago. 

 (!79 •( ). Atheta st'bpygm.ea Brnh., Deutsch. Entom. Ztschr., 1009. 52(;. 



More slender fhau luteoUi. Pale brownish-yellow; head and fifth and 

 sixth segments of abdomen piceous; antennjie dusky except at base, rather 

 slender, reaching middle of elytra. Thorax and elytra as in luteola, but 

 much more finely punctate, the former without median basal impression. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Starke and Koseinsko counties; rare. June 18-June 24. Sifted 

 from sphagnum mosses in tamarack swamps. 

 (iSO (2022). Atheta anaijs Grvh., Col. Micr. Brunsv., 1802, 76. 



Elongate, very slender. Black, shining ; thorax and elytra dark brown- 

 ish-yellow to piceous; anteunjie. legs and last one or two abdominal seg- 

 ments brownish or dusky yellow, the tarsi paler. Antennse reaching base of 

 thorax, the second and third joints equal. Thorax suborbicular. slightly 

 narrower than elytra ; sides rounded into base and apex ; disk, as well as 

 that of elytra and abdomen, finely and densely punctate and with a small 

 transverse im]n-ession on basal third. Elytra one-third longer than thorax. 

 Abdomen as wide as elytra, parallel. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



Putnam and Marion counties ; frequent. March 20-November 

 28. Taken by sifting. 



681 (9498). Atheta cavifrons Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.. 1869, 33. 



Form of analis. Dark reddish-brown, head piceous; antennae, legs and 

 last two abdominal segments dull yellow. Head with a broad but shallow 

 median groove. Antennae, thorax and elytra nearly as in analis. the thorax 

 with an entire faint median imitressed line in front of the basal impression, 

 tjength 2 mm. 



Marion County: rare. November 21. 



XX. Zyras Steph. 1832. (Gr., "razor.") 



Rather broad species, having the head much Avider than long, 

 slightly narrower than thorax; antenna- robust, longer than head 

 and thorax, the third joint longer than second, legs long and slender. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ZYEAS. 



a. Black, the elytra fuscous; eyes very large, placed less than half their 

 length from base of head ; thoracic punctures extremely fine. 



682. CALIGINOSl'S. 



(Id. Reddish-brown; eyes smaller, placed at nearly flieir own length from 

 base; thoracic punctures fine but distinct. 68.3. planifek. 



6X2 ('!tr)2.S). Zyras catjotnosis Casey. Ann. X. Y. Acad. Sci.. VII, 1893. 

 82.3 

 Rather stout, parallel. Black; antenna? and legs dark reddish-yellow; 

 elytra dull fuscous, shining. Thorax three-fourths wider than long, sides 



