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FAMILY XI. STAPHYLINIDJE. 



ff. Thorax shining, punctures distinctly separate, pubescence scarce- 

 ly evident. 



./. Upper surface brownish or piceous. not metallic. 

 Jc. Head, thorax and elytra pale reddish-brown. 



723. CINNAMGPTEEUS. 



J:l\ Entire upper surface piceous. 724. comes. 



jj. Body above with more or less metallic lustre. 



I. Legs entirely black : head, thorax and elytra violet. 



725. vioLACErs. 



II. Legs bicolored ; head, thorax and elytra bronzed. 



VIRIDAXUS. 



cc. Thorax as wide as long, coarsely and irregularly punctured, with 

 smooth spaces in front on each side and at middle near base ; color 

 decidedly bronzed. extjla^s. 



717 (2124). Staphymnus badipes Lee. N. Sp. N. Am. Col.. I. 1863, 36. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Black or blackish-piceous : antennas and legs 



reddish-brown. Head densely punctured ; antennae slightly longer than 

 head. Thorax longer than wide, a little narrower than head: disk densely 

 punctate with a smooth median line. Elytra together slightly wider than 

 long, densely punctate, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 segments one to five above each with a small spot of golden pubescence at 

 the middle of the front margin. Length 13-17 mm. 



Lake County: rare. May 1— May 5. Taken from beneath cover 

 on the beach of Lake Michigan near Pine: also near Hessville. A 

 species of northern range. 



S. erythropterus Linn.. 13.5 mm. in length, piceous. with elytra 

 and legs pale, has been taken at Detroit. Michigan, and probably 

 occurs in the northern third of Indiana. 



718 (2130). Staphtunus ytjlpinus Nordm.. Symb. Mon. Staph., 1837, 53. 



Elongate, robust. Head, elytra and legs uniform pale reddish-brown: 

 thorax and antennas darker brown ; abdomen piceous. the last ventral seg- 

 ment reddish-brown. Antennas slightly longer than head. Thorax as wide 

 as head, as broad as long, sides nearly straight, base broadly curved, disk 

 densely punctate, with a trace of a smooth median line behind the middle. 

 Elytra slightly wider than thorax, as broad as long, very densely punc- 

 tured, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen narrower than elytra, finely punctu- 

 late. Length 15-18 mm. 



Throughout the State : scarce. April 1-September 25. Occurs 

 beneath dead leaves and other cover, especially along the sandy 

 margins of lakes and ponds. 



719 *(2131). Staphylikus maculosus Grav.. Mon. Col. Micr.. 1806. 165. 

 Resembles vulpinus in form and structure. Color darker brown: ely- 

 tra and upper surface of abdomen variegated with fuscous spots ; base of 

 antennae, tibia?, tarsi and tip of abdomen pale : femora piceous. with edges 

 paler. Length 18-25 mm. (Fig. 159, a.) 



