THE S?IOR'r-\VlNOED RCAVENOKH BEETLES. 383 



7'X\ (2171). PniLONTiii'S paltjati's Grav.. Mou. Col. Micr.. ISOC, 53. 



lOioiijrate, slonder. i)arallol. Black, shiniii^c; elytra. l(>;;s and base of 

 .intonna^ dull reddish-yellow. Antenna' ])lce()us. not reaelihifj^ base of thora.x. 

 .loints 5-10 nearly square. Thorax slisihtly longer than wide, dorsal jtunc- 

 tures large, deep and etiuidistant. l^lytra scarcely wider and not longci- 

 than thorax, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen a little narniwer than elytra, 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate. Male with last ventral broadly and shal- 

 lowly notched at apex. Length 6-6.5 nun. 



Laporte, Starke and Putnam counties ; i-are. July 10- August 

 20. Occurs beneath ooxov near water. 



784 (2175). Philonthvs quadricollis Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. XT, 

 1884, 194. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Black, shining; antennte and legs piceous, 

 the former reaching base of thorax. Head with a few coarse punctures be- 

 hind the eyes and two on middle of front. Thorax slightly wider than 

 head, a little longer than wide. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, finely, 

 not densely punctate ; surface feebly bronzed, sparsely pubescent. Abdo- 

 men as wide as elytra, above sparsely and finely jiunctate at base, more 

 densely toward ai>ex. Length 5-7 mm. 



Northern lialf of State, frequent; less so southward. May 8- 

 September 17. Occurs in fungi. 



735 (2177). Philonthis debii.ts Grav.. Mon. Col. Micr., 1806, 35. 



Elongate, slender. Brownish-piceous to nearly black ; legs reddish- 

 brown, the tibife and tarsi darker; antennje piceous. reaching middle of 

 thorax, the two basal joints paler. Thorax wider than head, not longer 

 than wide. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, sparsely and rather finely 

 punctate, feebly pubescent. Abdomen above finely and sparsely punctate, 

 beneath more coarsely punctate, the margins of the segments paler; last 

 ventral of male deeply notched, the margins of the notch grooved. Length 

 5-6 mm. 



Lake. Starke and Kosciusko counties; rare. April 7-July 24. 



736 (2179). Philonthus longicornis Steph.. Illus. Brit. Ent.. V. 237. 



Subfusiform. rather robust. Black, shining, sparsely pubescent. Head 

 oval, hind angles punctured; antenna? piceous, as long as head and thorax, 

 joints 4 to 10 slightly longer than broad. Thorax oval, a little longer than 

 wide, distinctly narrowed in front ; sides nearly straight ; dorsal punctures 

 deep, the hind ones more distant. El.ytra wider than thorax, slightly wider 

 than long; rather densely and roughly punctate. Abdomen above finely 

 and densely punctured, more so at the bases of the segments; iridescent 

 and more densely pmictate beneath. Length 6-7.5 mm. 



Kosciusko County; rare. October 21. Tii the only specimen at 

 hand the dorsal punctures of thorax are four (m one side and five on 

 the other. 



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