440 FAIIFLY XI. STAPHYLINID.Ti;. 



Putnam County ; scarce. IMarch 26-Octo'ber 10. Sifted from 

 damp vegetable debris. 



Tribe II. PINOPHILINI. 



Elongate, slender, subcylindrical species having the fourth joint 

 of maxillary palp^as long as the third and obliquely hatchet-shaped. 

 Two genera compose the tribe, both of which occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO GENEKA OF PINOPHILINI. 



a. Abdomen distinctly margined; species bhiclv or piceims. 



LIX. PiNOPHILlS. 



aa. Abdomen not margined ; species usually pale yellow. 



LX. Palaminus. 



LIX. PiNOPHiLTS G-rav. 1S02, (Gr., "filthiues.? + loving.") 



Eather large blackish species having the head short, wider than 

 long, about as wide as thorax, its base truncate; neck one-half the 

 width of head; antennaj very slender, reaching nearly to base of 

 thorax ; mandibles long, strongly curved, each with a blunt median 

 tooth which is notched at a])ex ; eyes large, very close to base of 

 head; basal joint of hind tarsi as long as the next three, fourth joint 

 bilobed. Only isolated descriptions of the five North American spe- 

 cies are extant. Two are known from Indiana. 



S44 (258!"]). PiROPiiii.rs latipes Gray., Mon. Col. Mici-., IsOC. 202. 



Elongate, parallel. P.laok. feebly shining, sparsely clothed with gi'ay- 

 ish hairs. Anteiinte, legs and hind margins of abdominal segments pale 

 reddish-yellow. Ileiid very finely and sparsely punctate, with a number of 

 cuarse, deep punctures above and behind the eyes. Thorax slightly longer 

 than wide; base and apex tiuucnte; sides nearly straight, feebly converg- 

 ing from apex to base ; disk coarsely, rather sparsely and irregularly punc- 

 tate. Elytra slightly wider mid nearly one-half longer than thorax, coai-sely. 

 deeply and densely punctate. Abdomen at base a little narrower and more 

 finely and sparsely punctate than elytra. Front tarsi of male short, very 

 stron.gly dilated, the joints membranous and (ivcrlapping. Length 13-15 mm. 



Southern half of State; scarce. jMareh 8-Deceniber 3. Occurs 

 singly beneath logs and si ones in upland woods. One of the longest 

 of o)ir Staphylinids. 



S4.5 (2588). PiNOPiiTi.cs opacus Lee, N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 49. 



Smaller and more slender than liitiiws. Black, subopaqne, head and 

 thorax feelily shining; antennre, palpi and legs pale yellow. Elytra much 

 more finely and deeply punctate, hut slightly longer than thorax. Abdo- 

 men more finely punctate. Lenglli S-!) mm. 



Lake County; i-ire. .May 30. One specimen from the beach of 

 Lake Michigan. 



