456 FAJULY XI. STAPH YLINIBil5. 



cent and coarsely and sparsely punctured, the hind margins of the segments 

 paler. Middle and hind tibiae with spinules as in humidiis. Length 2.5- 

 3.2 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. March 26-November 26. 

 Taken by sifting. This species is usually known as lucididus. 



SSI (2U7:!). MvnoToi'OKrs consobs Lcc, N. Sp. N. Amer. C"ol., I, ISO:', :i4. 



More robust than aiiiciiciiii iik, which it resembles in color, the elytra 

 piceous with an oblique reddisli spot on bas.-il third. I'nnctures of elytra 

 in four rows; the sutural row faint, the discal and dorsal rows distinct 

 with ten to twelve punctures in each, the suljmarginal row with five or six. 

 Length 3.5 mm. 



Starke County; rare. Islay 19. A single specimen sifted from 

 sphagniun moss. Known heretofore only from ^Michigan. 



S82 (2(;7i). MycETOPOBUs iiumidis S.iy, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, IV, 1834, 

 405 ; ibid. II, 5sl, 

 Elongate, slender. Color variable; either («) dark reddish- or chest- 

 nut brown with elytra darker at sides and along the suture, the abdominal 

 sediments reddish-piccous, paler at lips; or (/)) reddish-yellow with the ab- 

 domen reddish-iiiceous ; lejis reddish-brown or iialer. Thorax smooth, shin- 

 ing, slightly broader than base of elytra, disk with the usual punctures. 

 Elytra as long as wide, shining, the three rows of punctures feebly im- 

 pressed. Abdomen sparsely pubescent, spai'sely and finely punctured above, 

 more coarsely beneath. Length .'J-4.5 mm. 



Lake, I'osey and Jefferson comities; scarce. JIarch 26-June 5. 

 Described from Posey County. 



883 (2076). Mycetopobus splendidus Grav., Jion. Col. Micr., 1800, 24. 



Elongate, rather robust. Head piceous; thorax and elytra reddish-yel- 

 low, strongly shining; abdomen reddish-tirowii, the segments jialer behind; 

 antenna' and legs dull yellow, the former with middle portion dusky. Tho- 

 rax slightly broader than elytra, without discal punctures. El.rtra together 

 slightly longer than wide, sutural row of piuictures distinctly impressed, the 

 humeral row very faint. Abdomen coarsely and sparsely punctured, sparsely 

 pubescent. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Pulaski, Starke and Marion counties; scarce. April 28-June 19. 

 ,¥. ftavicollis Lcc. length 4 mm., is known from IMichigan, Geor- 

 gia and Florida. 



LXVIII. Brvoporus Kraiitz. IS.lfi. (Gr., "nioss-Fto walk.") 

 Small, slender species having the last joint of maxillary palpi as 

 wide at base as second and distinctly ironical; elytral punctures in 

 about seven rows; front and middle tibia^ with a dense fringe of 

 spinules at apex; hind tarsi lousier than in Bolitohuis; thorax with 

 the marginal ])uiictures as in .l/yce/opoD/.s, the apical and basal 

 ones more distant from the margin. 



