370 



FAMILY XI. STAPH YLINID^. 



'/. Front (if liciul without puiietures. 



c. MiWix'm (if thorax distinctly tlattenod ; cohir redtlish-hrown. 



705. SPEL-El'S. 



cc. .Margin of thorax not tiattened; color wholl.v or in great part 

 bhuk or piceous. 

 f. Head broadly oval. 

 //. Second .joint of antenuiie shorter tlian third ; length 7- 

 11 nun. 700. fui^idus. 



g<j. Second .joint as long as third ; length 5-6 mm. 



707. SUBLIMBATUS. 



ff. Head elongate, as long as thorax. 70S. peregrixvs. 



(/(/. Front of head with two punctures ; elytra very irregularly punc- 

 tured. 709. CAPUCINUS. 

 cc. Hind tibi.-o without spiuulos; form depressed; elytra without punc- 

 tures. 710. L.EviGArrs. 

 hi). Labrum entire, either curved or truncate. 



Ii. Labrum broadly curA'ed ; eyes moderate in size; length 7112 nnu. 



711. MOLOCHIiXCS. 



////. Labi'uni truncate; eyes vei-y large, prominent; length 5-0 mm. 



712. HYPERBOIifUS. 



(/(/. Tarsi above glabrous: thorax with two diseal i>unctures each side. 



/. Form slender; thorax witli sides nearly parallel. 71o. fkkox. 



//. Form robust; thorax narrowed in front. 714. vkkmx. 



705 (2099). Ql'edius spel.«us Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1871, 332. 



Elongate, rather slender. Uniform pale red- 

 disli or chestnut brown, the elytra sometimes 

 a little darker. Head oval, longer than wide; 

 eyes small, slightly oblique. Anteunje reach- 

 ing ])ase of thorax, the second .ioint less than 

 one-half the k'ngth of third. Thorax broader 

 than long, slightly narrowed in front, sides 

 feebly, base broadly cuiTed ; disk highly pol- 

 ished, with small pinictures along the mar- 

 gins and liase, in addition to the dorsal rows. 

 Elytra n.'irrowcr th.nn thorax, together as 

 wide as h)ng; closely and rather coarsely and 

 roughly punctate, sparsely pubescent. AIi- 

 doiiien narrower than elytra, parallel. Length 

 10-14 mm. (Fig. 1,57.) 



Alotiroc. Lawi'ciicc and r*i'awford coiiiilies; fi'oqiieiit locally in 

 caves. April l^j-Novcmbci' (>. Occurs in decaying organic matter, 

 iisnally llie excrcinent of raccoons and other cave visiting verte- 

 brates, or IxMicaih stones in Ihc \icinity tliercMif. Althongh Cope 

 and Pacl<ard both refer lo this as a "Iwiliglit s|)ecies," all speci- 

 mens taken were in total darkness. Iliose in Wyandotte Cave being 

 ] .(HH) i'eel Iroiii llie Minn til. .\s I lie leniperatnre of the caves is very 

 much Ihe same the yeai' round the beetle |)i'obal)ly breeds at all 

 seasons, as the larva' were alwavs found with the adults. 



Fig. 157. (Original.) 



