THE -IIORT-WIXrtED -. ATEXOER BEETLE^. 43/ 



Southern half of State; freiinent. .March 25-:\Iay 11. Taken 

 by sifting and from decaying fruit. iJne of the smallest of Staphy- 

 linids. 



LVI. P.^DERUP Grav. I'^im;. Or., "a precious stone.") 



Small, slendiT. convex sjiecics. spars.-ly clothed with erect hairs 

 and haviniT the prostt-rnuni shortened between and luider the coxa', 

 not reaching mtsusternuin; neck one-third the width of head, labrum 

 emai-irinate at apex: la^t inint of maxillary palpi obtuse: tarsi Avith 

 the fourth .ioint bilobed beneath. Three -specie- are known from 

 the State, all colored alike, being reddish-yellow, shining, with the 

 head and last two si^gments of abdomen black; elytra dark blue. 



KEY TO rSDIAXA SPE( lES OF P.EDEBVS. 



•(. Elytra much shorter than wide; disrinr-Tly shorter than thorax, f?parsely. 



coarsely and ileeiily punctate. S37. palitsteis. 



aa. Elytra subquadrate. at leas: as Ioul' as wide, and a< b ng a^ or Inuger 



than thorax. 



6. Thorax urate : elytral punctures c-oar«e. deep, rather cl' jse-^et thrcugli- 



OUt SJS. IJTTOKAEICS. 



hh. Thorax eloiiL'ate-oval : elytral punctures shallow, much less coarse 

 and very sparse, ots-'lete toward apex. ^'-j'-k obuteratvs. 



^o7 (2.ii72i. PjEDEKUs PAI.USTBIS Aust.. Proc. Bost. S.i.\ Xat. Hist.. XIX. 47. 

 Elongate, slender. Antenme pi' ecus, the apical and four basal joint- 

 pale, the outer joints gradually thickened. Head suborbicular. as wide as 

 long, rather coai-sely and sparsely punctate. Thorax elongate-i^val. sliahtl.v 

 narrcjwer than heaiL very sparsely punctate. Elytra as mentioned m key. 

 the basal angles very la^adly rovmded. Abdomen as wide as elytra, mi- 

 nutely punctate. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Starke. Knox and Po-ev counties: scarce. April 1^--June 17. 

 Sifted from debris along the margins of po]]d> and lakes. 



•>:> iJ.jT:;). P.EDEBrs iittobarh s Grav.. Men. CmL Mic-r., IHiO. 141!. 



Elongate, slender, subijai'allel. Antemne i>iee<'us at middle, the base 

 and twii or three apical joints pale, the outer joints not enlarged. Head 

 slightly longer than wide, base broadly rounded: surface, as well as that of 

 thora.x and abdomen, finely and very sparsely punctate. Thorax convex, 

 slightly lon-'er than wide, a little narrower than head; si'les feebly curved. 

 Elytra e<jual in length to and one-fourth wider than thorax. Abdomen a 

 little narrower than elytra, parallel. Male with the slit of the sixth ven- 

 tral three times as deep a~ wide. Length 4.2-.:i..!i mm. 



Throughout the State : common. February- IJ^Xovember 10. 

 Occurs especially in open woodland. Hibernates beneath and be- 

 tween the leaves <pf mullein. 



