376 FAMILY Xr. — STAPHYLINir).l<:. 



/■/■. Tlioi-ax sliiiiiiit:. puiiclures distinctly sopnrnte. pubosroiico scarce- 

 ly evident. 

 ./. r]>per surface brownish or ])ieeous, not inctallle. 

 /.-. Head, thorax and elytra pale reddish-brown. 



723. CINNAMOPTEKUS. 



}xk. Entire upper surface piceous. 724. comes. 



jj. Body above with more or less metallic lusti-e. 



/. Legs entirely black ; head, thorax and elytra violet. 



725. VIOLACEUS. 



//. Legs bicolored ; head, thorax and elytra bronzed. 



VIRIDANUS. 



('('. Thorax as wide as long, coarsely and irregularly punctured, with 

 smooth spaces in front on each side and at middle near base; color 

 decidedly bronzed. exulans. 



717 (2124). Staphylinus badipes Lee. N. Sp. N. Am. Col., I. 1863, 36. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Black or blackish-piceous; antennae and legs 



reddish-brown. Head densely punctured ; antenuse slightly longer than 

 head. Thorax longer than wide, a little narrower than head ; disk densely 

 jnmctate with a smooth median line. Elytra together slightly wider than 

 long, densely punctate, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 segments one to five above each with a small spot of golden pubescence at 

 the middle of the front margin. Length 13-17 mm. 



Lake County ; raro. May 1-May 5. Taken from beneath cover 

 on the beach of Lake IMichigan near Pine; also near Hessville. A 

 species of northern range. 



S. erythropterus Linn.. 18.5 mm. in length, piceons, with elytra 

 and legs pale, has been taken at Detroit. ^Michigan, and probably 

 occurs in the northern third of Indiana. 



718 (2130). Staphylinus vulpinus Nordm., Symb. Mon. Staph., 1837, 53. 

 Elongate, robust. Head, elytra and legs uniform pale reddish-brown; 



thorax and antennm darker brown ; abdomen piceous. the last ventral seg- 

 ment reddish-brown. Antennte slightly longer than head. Thorax as wide 

 as head, as broad as long, sides nearly straight, base broadly curved, disk 

 densely punctate, with a trace of a smooth median line behind the middle. 

 Elytra slightly wider than thorax, as brqad as long, very densely punc- 

 ttu-ed, sparsely ]iubescent. Abdomen narrower than elytra, finely punctu- 

 late. Length 15-18 mm. 



Thronghont the State; scarce. April 1-Scptem])er 25. Occurs 

 beneath dead leaves and oilier covci'. (^specially along tlie sandy 

 margins of lakes and ponds. 



7i;» *(2i:;i I. Si AiMivuNis MAcnT,osus (irav.. iMon. ("lol. IVIicr., 1806, 165. 



PiOseiiibles vnlpinufi in form and slnichirc. CnlDi- darker brown; el.v- 

 tra and upi)er surface of abdomen v.-iriegaled wifji fuscous sjxils; base of 

 antenna', (ibite, tarsi and lij) of abdomen pale; feniorji piceous, with edges 

 paler. Length 18 25 nun. (Fig. 15!), a.) 



