376 FAMILY XI. STAPHYLINID.T.. 



ff. Thorax shining, punctures distinctly separate, pubescence scarce- 

 ly evident. 

 j. Upper surface brownish or piceous, not metallic. 

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



723. CINNAMOPTBRUS. 



kk. Entire upper surface piceous. 724. comes. 



}}. Body above with more or less metallic lustre. 



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



725. VIOLACEUS. 



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



VIRIDANUS. 



ce. 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-brovsTi. Head densely punctured; antennae slightly longer than 

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

 punctate vrith 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 ; rare. May 1-May 5. Taken from beneath cover 

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

 species of northern range. 



S. erythropterus Linn., 13.5 mm. in length, piceous, with elytra 

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

 occurs in the northern third of Indiana. 



718 (2130). Staphymnds vuijpinus Nordm., Symb. Mon. Staph., 1837, 53. 

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



thorax and antennae darker brown ; abdomen piceous, the last ventral seg- 

 ment reddish-brown. Antennae 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 broad as long, very densely punc- 

 tured, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen narrower than elytra, finely punctn- 

 late. Length 15-18 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. April 1-Septomber 25. Occurs 

 beueath dead leaves and other cover, especially along the sandy 

 margiiiK of lal^es and ponds. 



719 *(2i:!1). STArnvuNOH MAerT,osu,s Grav.. i\l(iu. Co). Micr., 1806, 165. 

 Keseuibles vulpiiius in form ami struct\u-e. Color darker brown; ely- 

 tra and upper surface of abdomen variegated with fuscous spdis; base oC 

 antennae, tibi:e, tarsi and tip of abdomen pale; femora piceous, with edges 

 paler." Length 18-25 mm. (Fig. 159, a.) 



