448 FAjriLY XT. STAPTIYLINID.H. 



Lake, Jilarion and Putnam counties; rai'e. Mdwh. 13-Deeember 

 7. A handsome species which may prove to be the Biiropean ob- 

 tusus. 



857 (2633). Taciiypobus elegans Horn, Trniis. Amer. Ent. S'lc, VI, 1S77, 

 103. 



Reddish-yellow, strongly shining; head, last two segments of abdomen 

 and a eircumscutellar spot of el.vtra black. Antennre slightly longer than 

 head and thorax, the latter as in macuVpemiix. Elytra and abdomen very 

 finely and sparsely punctate and pubescent. Under surface of abdomen 

 more distinctly punctured than above. Length 3..5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. Jlarch 2.0. 



SfiS (2C.:!4). Tachypobus .jocosus Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, IV, IS.'U. 

 460 ; ibid. II, 582. 



Piceous, shining; head black; thorax, elytra and legs reddish-yellow ; an- 

 tennte dull yellow, the outer .ioints dusky. Thorax smooth, twice as wide 

 as long, hind angles rounded. Elytra together as long as wide ; surface, as 

 well as that of abdomen, sparsely punctulate and pubescent. Length :!-4 mm. 



Lake, Starke and Marion counties; rare. May 5-N(>veniber 28. 

 Described from Posey County and taken h\ Dury at Cincinnati, so 

 that it probably occurs throughout the State. 



*,srii) (I'C.'I.T). Tachypobus chbysomblinus T.inn., Faun. Suit., 174(i, sri."i. 



Head lilack; thorax, el.vtva and legs rcildisli-ycllow, ixilislied ; antenn;e 

 dull yellow, outer joints darker; abdomen, under surface and often a space 

 alKjut s<-utcllum i)iec(ius. Thorax smooth, nut twice as wide as lou,g. Ely- 

 tra and abdomen as in jocoxvs. Length 4 nun. 



Throughout the State; common. February 21-November 17. 

 Occurs beneath logs, bark and other cover, especiall.v in low open 

 woodland. The thorax is often marked with an ill-defined dusky 

 discal spot. 



T. Junius Erichs., 3-3.5 mm. in length, occurs from Canada to 

 Pennsylvania and has been taken near Cincinnati. 



800 (203S). Tachypobus scitulus Erichs., Kafer Mark Brand., I, 1830, 

 :!'.)5. 

 Elongate, subdepressed. Dark fuscous ov pitchy black, shining : an- 

 tennjie and legs pale; elytra usuall.v paler at tips, sometimes almost wholly 

 dull yellow. Thorax smooth, slightly lironder than elytra, the sides and 

 apical margins narrowly pale. Elytra together slightly broader than long, 

 finely punctulate and pubescent. Length 2..''i-3 mm. 



Marion and Putnam counties; frequent locally. July 4-No- 

 vember 22. Taken l)y sifting damp vegetaljle debris. 



*S61 (203!)). Tachypobus bbunneus Fab.. Ent. Syst.. I, 1705, 53.^. 



Elongate, ilc])ressed. Reddish-yellow: head piceous; antennoe and legs 

 dull yellow; abdomen darker than elytra. Thorax twice as wide as long. 



