:)S8 FAinLY XI. STAPHYLTNTD/l-:. 



P quidiiinia Horn, 6 mm. in length, was described from Detroit 

 and Kansas and should, therefore, occui- in Indiana. 



740 (21'04). Pi-iii.ONTiirs sordidus (}imv., Mon. Col. Mlcr., 1S()(1, ITtl. 



Elongate, slender. Black, shining; elytra bronzed; antenna} and legs 

 pieeons, the former sliorter than head and thorax, joints 5-10 wider than 

 long. Thorax not wider than head, slightl.v wider than long, not narrowed 

 in front. Elytra a little wider than thorax, coarsi>ly, ronghly and sparsely 

 liunctate. Abdomen parallel, more finely and sparsely pnnetate than elytra, 

 the ventral segments with their apic.-il margins iialer. I>ength 5.5-7.5 mm. 



Marion C'ounty; scarce. April 12. Taken from beneath car- 

 rion. 



P. cfphaJotes Grav., length 6-7.5 mm. ; P. inquietus Erichs., 

 length o mm., and P. faUncinsua Horn, length i mm., all have a 

 range'which denotes the ]iossiliility of their occurrence in Indiana. 



747 (2209). Philonthus ventealis Gray., >Ion. Cid. Jlicr., 1806, 174. 



Rather short, robust. Head and thorax black, shining ; elytra and ab- 

 domen piceoiis or dark brown ; antennre pieef>ns, as long as head and thorax, 

 .joints 4-10 as wide as long, the two l)usal ones ,and legs dark reddish-bro\\^l. 

 Thorax slightly wider than head, not narrowed in front; dorsal punetnres 

 deep, the fourth somewhat distant from third. Elytra slightly wider than 

 tliorax, rather finely not closely punctate. Abdomen sparsely and finely 

 punctate. Notch of last ventral of male feeble. Length 5 mm. 



Lal<e and Kosciusko- counties ; scarce. >\Iay 5— Tuly 24. 



74S (2210). Pi-iiLONTHi's PARVX's Hom, Trans. Ainer. Phil. Soc, XI, 1SS4. 

 214. 

 Elongate, slender. Piceous, feebly shining ; elytra slightly bronzed ; an 

 tenuip dusky, two basal joints and legs dull yellow. Antennae as long as 

 head and thorax, joints O-lo as wide as long. Thorax oblong, not wider 

 tlian head, longer than wide ; sides nearly parallel ; punctures equidistant. 

 Elytra together dis-tinctly longer than wide, slightly wider and about as 

 long as thorax, rather finely and sparsely punctate. Abdomen slightly iri- 

 descent, the punctures finer than on elytra. Length 4.5 mm. 



llarion, Putnam and (]lark counties; scarce. April 4-October 

 17. The male is easily distinguished from the next by the entire 

 groove of last ventral; the female has elytra longer, more sparsely 

 punctate and evidently bronzed. Descril)ed from Arizona. Speci- 

 mens were submitted to H. C. Fall for verifieation. 



749 (2222). Philonthus microphthalmus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 XI, 1SS4, 210. 



Elongate, slender. Head and thorax black; elytra, abdomen. tibi:r 

 and tarsi piceous; femora dull yellow. Antenna- shorter than head and 

 thorax, joints Ti-Kl as wide or wider than long. Thorax scarcely wider 

 than head, sides nearly parallel; punctures equidistant. Elytra slightly 



