•nil' <ii(»i;i'-\\ I \(;i:i> sc \ \"i:\(;i:i; inoi-yi'MsS. :^77 



'IMirniiulKMit llii' Sliilc: riv(|iiciil. April L'S -December IS. Oe- 

 eiifs ill can-idii. (Iccjiyini! I'liiiiii mid diimr. 1 1 iheniates liriieatli 

 parlly ltnri(Ml lo^s iieai- a I'nod siippl.w 



Tl'd ( •_• 1 ;ii: I . SiAi'iii 1,1 M s MYsiicts lOrirlis.. (i(Mi. Spoc. S1a|)li.. ls4(i, '.iL'tJ. 

 .\l<.(ltTalt'ly cloimalc. rallicr i-oImisI. Mark l.mwn to picemis. snboi'aiiiH' : 

 lihia'. larsi. basal Joints i<\' aiilfniia' aiid ti|i ui' alKloiueii recUlisli-browii. 

 •riKirax noi w i(hT tliaii liead. sliulitly longer lliau wide, sides nearly straigli). 

 base broadly curved. Elytra a little wider than tliorax. together as wide 

 as lon.i:. densely punctate and clothed with brownish hairs. Abdomen as 

 wide as elytra, above densely punctate, sparsely clothed with brownish and 

 yellow hairs: segments two to six with a dcmble row of small velvety spots. 

 r.ength 1(1-20 mm. 



Tliroughont the State: scarce. April l.')-()ct()])er 4. Occurs be- 

 I'cath cover in upland sandy woods. 



S. femorntufi Fab., a southern form. 15 mm. in length, has been 

 taken by Dury near Cincinnati and probably occurs sparingly in 

 southern Indiana. 



7LM *(2135). Stapiiylinus tomentosus Grav.. Mon. Col. Mier., ISOC. UH. 

 Resembles iiii/sticus in form and structure. Color wholly uniform l)lack. 

 opaque; thorax, elytra and abdomen sparsely clothed with short, black 

 (rarely brownish) pubescence. Antennae in both species reaching middle 

 of thorax. Head and thorax in both very densely and regularly punctate, 

 tlie punctures of head coarser than those of thorax. Length 14-16 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. February 6-October 21. Oc- 

 curs especially along the beaches of lakes, feeding on decaying fish ; 

 also on fungi. 



722 (2136). Staphylinus fossator Grav., Mon. Col. Micro., 1806, 164, 

 Elongate, rather robust. Black, subopaque; anteunne and legs piceons; 



elytra usually with a large spot of golden pubescence on the outer apical 

 angles. Head, antennae and thorax much as in mysticus, the punctures of 

 head coarser ; the thorax with a narrow, smooth median line on basal half. 

 Elytra as wide as thorax, togetlier as broad as long, densely and roughly 

 punctate. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra, sparsely pubescent, 

 densely and finely punctate. Length 13-17 mm. 



Putnam and Lawrence counties; rare. August 5-August 21. 

 Occurs in decaying flesh}^ fungi. 



723 *(213S). Staphylinus cinnamopterus Grav.. Mon. Col. Micr., 1S06, 



164. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Head, thorax, elytra, tibia?, tarsi, apical mar- 

 gins of abdominal segments and entire last segment, brownish-red; antemuB, 

 under surface, femora and abdomen in great part piceous. Anteimfe a lit- 

 tle longer than head, slightly paler toward the tip. Thorax as wide as 



