.S(i4 FAMILY XT. — STArHYLINID^. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ALEOCHARA. 



(/. Fiirni rather broad and stout, rarely parallel; mesosternum without 

 trace of carina at any point. 

 6. Sixth dorsal segment of abdomen simple and subtruncate at apex in 

 • both sexes. 



e. Antenuje stout and spindle-shaped, not reaching base of thorax, the 



joints strongly transverse ; thorax wholly black. 



(I. Elytra wholly black; thorax linely and sparsely punctate ; length 



5-7.5 mm. 693. lata. 



dd. Elytra in great part red; thorax coarsely and roughly punctate; 



length 4 mm. 694. rubripes. 



cc. Antennai more slender, reaching middle of elytra, the joints less 



transverse; thorax wholly black; elytra red, the base and sides 



narrowly black. 695. pleuralis. 



I)f). Sixth dorsal segment of abdomen with a number of sharp, triangular 



teeth at apex in male, simple in female; thorax with sides dull red; 



elytra in great part red. 696. lustrica. 



(/(/. Form more slender, linear, parallel; mesosternum carinate. 



c. Ccjlor in great part black or piceous ; first three dorsal segments of 

 abdomen impressed at base. 

 /. Thorax finely and evenly punctate over its entire surface; elytra 

 wholly piceous. 697. sculptiventris. 



//". Thorax unevenly punctate, the punctures at middle of disk in two 

 uneven rows, the space between the rows smooth. 

 </. Dorsal segments of abdomen coarsely punctate, especially so in 

 the basal impressions; elytra each with a large, well defined, 

 rounded, dull yellow spot at inner angle near suture. 



698. bimaculata. 

 !/(/. Dorsal segments of abdomen finely and more densely punctate; 

 elytra each indefinitely dull reddish at apex near suture. 



699. BIPUSTULATA. 



re. Color pale reddish-brown ; first four dorsal segments of abdomen im- 

 pressed at base. 700. luoifuga. 



69:? (205:?). ALEOCHARA LATA Grvh., Cdl. Micr. F.runsv., 1802, 186. 



Very stoTit and broad. Deep black, shining, 

 sparsely clothed with grayish pubescence; tarsi 

 reddish-brown. Thorax two-thirds wider than 

 long, strongly rounded at base; sides feebly 

 i-nrvcd. converging toward apex, disk minutely 

 and sparsely punctate. Elytra slightly wider 

 ;in(l about as long as thorax; coarsely, closely 

 nnd i-oughl.v punctate. Abdomen at base as wide 

 ;is (>lytra, thence feebly but distinctl.v narrowed 

 1(1 apoK, marked with coarse, sparse, oval i)unc- 

 fures. Length 5-7.5 mm. (Fig. 156.) 



Southern half of State, frequent. March 

 24-SepteTnbei" 25, Occurs hcneath carrion. 



Fig. IJG. Line shows nalural size. 



(Original.) ^Matuig April 29. 



