I'liK sii()i;r-\vi\(ii:ii scavengku beetles. 367 



(f;i\\l iiitii tlic •Ici'iicsl roeosses of cnxcs cjicli (1;iy and ciiicriic a<4aiii 

 at iiij^'lit. So r.ir hiiifiinn lias only Ix'cii I'oiiiul in caves, and, like 

 Qi(f(ltiis .•</)( Id IIS Horn, has |)cohal)l\' inliahilcd tlieiii to<t short a 

 liiiif lo entirely lose the eyes. 



8uh family 11. STAPHYLININAE. 



Rather laroe or luedinin-sized black or brown species having' the 

 antennae ll-joitited. .situated at the IVont iiiariiin of the tVont; 

 spiracles of the thorax visible; front coxa^ lari»'e and conical; tro- 

 chanters of hind h^ii's proiniiient ; abdomen strongly margined. The 

 principal lit(^ra1nre treating of the Noi-lh American species of the 

 subfamily is a.s follows: 



Horu. — '"Synopsis of the (^hiediini of the I'liited States," in 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. VIT, 1878, 149-167. 

 Horn. — "Synopsis of the si)eeies of Staphylinus and the more 

 closely allied Genera inhabiting the United States," /// 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, VII, 1878, 185-200. 

 LeConte. — "Short studies of North American Coleoptera," in 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe., VIII, 1880, 168-174. Tabulates the 

 genera Lcpiacinns, XanthoUnns and Leptolinus. 

 Horn. — "Synopsis of the Philonthi of Boreal America," in 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XI, 1884, 177-244. 

 Casey. — See above under Aleoeharin.T. 



Tlii-ee tribes com])rise th.e subfamily, all of which are repre- 

 ^1 Ml led in the State. 



KEY TO TKIBES OF STAPHYLININ^. 



a. Side margins of the thorax simple. Tribe I. Qi ediini, p. .'lOT. 



'"/. Side margins of the tliorax double. 

 /'. Antenu;>? widely sejKU'ated :it li.-ise. 



Tribe II. Staimiyetmni. ji. :;T.".. 

 /'/(. .\ntenn:e rather close together at li.-ise: elyir.-i oltcii i-eddisli. :oid in 

 most sitecies overlapping along llie suture. 



Tril3e III. Xantiioeinini. ]i. ;;o|. 



Tnl)e 1. QUEDIINI. 



The members of this ti-ibe have the antenna' inserted at the I'roiit 

 point of the side margin of the front: head usually with a distinct 

 suture beneath the eyes; thorax smooth and glahrous with but few- 

 dorsal |)iin(t ures. its side margin single and acute; tarsi in our s[)e- 

 cies 5-jointed. Three ol' the ''our reeouiiized gcnei-a are repre- 

 sented in the State. 

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