378 FAMILY XI. STAPH YLINlDiE. 



head, sides straight (U' feel)l.v curved, base l»roadly curved; disli coarsely 

 and rather closely i)niictate. with a narrow, entii'e smooth median line. 

 l'>l.\'li'a sli.i,dilly wider than thorax. densel.\' lanii'lulate, sparsely lailiescenl. 

 .Vhdomen evidently narmwcr tiian el\tra. slightly iridescent, nmre coiirst-ls' 

 punctate beneath ih.an abn\c. Lenglii r_' l."!.."! mm. 



Thi'otighout the Stale; codiiikhi. February 22-I)eceiuber S. 

 Occurs ou fungi and beneath l)ark ; hiberiuites beneath logs, mullein 

 h'aves. etc. The specimens taken in Lake County l)y Wolcott along 

 the beach of Lake IVIichigan average larger and have the femora 

 wholly reddish-brown. They indicate a distinct race. 



724 (2137). Staphylinis comes Lee. N. Sp. N.,Amer. Col., I, 1863, 36. 

 Resembles the preceding in fonu and size. Piceous, feebly shining : 



tibiie, tarsi and tip of abdomen pale. Head broader, more coarsely and 

 confluently punctate and more pubescent than in cmnamopterus. Abdomen 

 with an indistinct double row of velvety spots above and sometimes with a 

 pale yellowish spot each side ou segments one to five below. Otherwise as 

 in the preceding. Length 11.5-12.5 nun. A member of the Austroriparlan 

 fauna. 



Lake, Vigo and Posey ctmnties; rare. April 19-June 9. Oc- 

 curs beneath dung. 



725 (2139). Staphylinl's viol.\cel's Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., 1806, 132. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Black, shining ; head, thorax and elytra dark 



violet blue to cupreous. Antennye piceous, slightly longer than head. Thorax 

 as wdde as head, as wide as long, sides feebly, base more broadly curved: 

 disk coarsely and rather sparsely punctured and with a distinct, smooth 

 median line. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, densely punctulate, sparse- 

 ly pubescent. Abdomen narrower than elytra, iridescent, densely and tinely 

 punctate at base, more coarsely and sparsely toward apex. Length 12- 

 14 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 9- August 19. Occurs 

 on fungi, at carrion and beneath liark and logs. The base of ab- 

 domen above is sparsely clothed with silver-gray pubescence which 

 is plainly visible only in a side light. 



^S*. viridanus Horn, 15-16 mm. in length, occurs from New Eng- 

 land to Michigan and has been taken near Cincinnati. /S'. exulatu'i 

 Erichs., 11-14 mm. in length, is said to range from Canada to Geor- 

 gia. Both species probably occur sjiaringly in the State. 



XXXIIL OcYPus Kirby. 18:}?. (Gr., "swift + foot.") 



One elongate, ])ar;tllel species, having the middle coxa? not sepa- 

 rated by the mesosternum and the last joint of the labial palpi oval, 

 dihited, occurs in the Lastern United States and Indiana. 



