374 FAMILY XI. STAPHYLIXID^. 



dd. Middle coxse contiguous ; abdomen very long, parallel. 



XXXIII. OcYPUS. 



re. Ligula entire; size usually smaller, rarely over 10 mm.; form more 



slender. 



<■. Feiiiora si)iuous beneath; abdomen bicolored, head and thorax 



black. XXXIV. Belonuchus. 



re. Femora unarmed ; colors not as above ; labial palpi slender. 



f. First joint of hind tarsi as long as or longer than the fifth ; last 

 joint of maxillary palpi slender and needle-shaped. 



XXXV. Philonthus. 

 //. First joint of hind tarsi shorter than the fifth, joints 1-4, de- 

 creasing graduall.y in length ; last joint of maxillary palpi elon- 

 gate, conical. XXXVI. Actobius. 



XXX. LisTOTROPHUs Forty. 1830. 



Antennas slender, reaching middle of thorax, not subclavate to- 

 ward apex as in GreopJiilus. Side marginal lines of thorax uniting 

 in front. One of the two known species occurs in the State. 



715 (2116). LisTOTBOPHUs ciNGULATus Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., 1806, 166. 

 Elongate, robust. Dark brown or piceous, densely clothed with golden. 



grayish-brown and blackish pubescence, the black hairs forming irregular 

 spots on head, thorax and abdomen ; metasternum and tip of abdomen 

 golden ; antennae dusky, the basal joints, tibire and tarsi reddish-brown. 

 Head as wide as or wider than thorax, densely punctate ; eyes large. Thorax 

 as wide as long, widest at apex, sides rounded into base ; disk densely and 

 finely punctate. Elytra slightly wider but not much longer than thorax, 

 densely and finely granulate. Abdomen narrower than elytra, sparsely and 

 coarsely punctate. Length 13-18 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 6-September 12. 



XXXI. Ckeophilus Mann. 1830. (Gr., "flesh -f to love.") 



Antenn;e scarcely longer than hend, the outer joints gradually 

 broader, the terminal one longer but narrower than the tenth and 

 emarginatp at apex; side marginal lines of thorax not uniting in 

 front, the outer one becoming obsolete one-third from the front 

 angle. 



716 (2119). Cbeopiiilis vri.LOSUS (!rav., ,Mon. Col. Micr., ISOC. 160. 

 Elongate, robust. Hlaik. shining; second and third, and 



sonietiiiies the lourtli alidoniinal segments in groat part 



denscl.v cloflicd with yellowish-gray Imirs: a broad median. 



serrate cmss-hand on elytra composed of similar hairs. 



Thorax suborbicular, trunciite in front, disk wholly smooth. 



lOlytra oni'-lhird wider and one-half longer than thorn.x, 



linel.v and s|iarsoly piuict.-de. .\bdomen as wide as elytra. 



Length 12-1!1 mm. (Fig. 158.) ■''*A^?- ?i""u'"! 



* \ b I s,j,p (After Knobel.) 



