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FAMILY XI. STAPHYLINIM;. 



827 ( ). Paeamedon falli sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather slender, parallel. Dark reddish-brown, finely and 

 sparsely pubescent; antennae, legs and last two segments of abdomen paler. 

 Head subquadrate, sides straight and parallel behind the eyes; surface 

 finely and rather densely punctate above, more sparsely beneath, the gular 

 sutures very close together. Antennae reaching almost to base of thorax, 

 basal joint as long as the next three ; two to five oval, subequal, longer 

 than wide; six to ten transverse, eleventh slightly longer. Thorax nearly 

 .square, sides almost straight, angles rounded, disk finely and rather closely 

 punctate. Elytra slightly wider and one-fourth longer than thorax, finely 

 and densely punctate. Abdomen very finely and more densely punctate. 

 Hind margin of fifth ventral of male with a broad and shallow rounded 

 emargination, on each side of which is a tuft of short stiff black bristles. 

 Length 4 mm. 



Steuben County; rare. May 25. Sifted from a nest of mouse 

 at border of sphagnum marsh. Named in honor of H. C. Fall of 

 Pasadena, California. 



LI. Pseudomedon Rey. 1879. (Gr., "false + provider. ") 



Small, slender species, with the entire upper surface very finely 

 and densely punctate, subopaque ; head small ; gular sutures very 

 fine, widely separated, nearest together in front, thence widely di- 

 verging to base ; neck two-fifths as wide as head ; front tarsi strongly 

 dilated in both sexes. Two species have been taken in the State. 



828 ( ). Pseudomedon euficolle Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XV, 



1905, 188. 



Elongate, slender. Head, elytra and abdomen dark reddish-brown ; 

 thorax pale dull red ; antennse and legs paler. Head as long as wide, three- 

 fourths as wide as thorax, its sides behind the eyes parallel and rounded 

 into base. Thorax subquadrate, as long as wide, sides feebly curved, the 

 angles broadly rounded. Elytra one-third longer and slightly wider than 

 thorax. Abdomen at base as wide as elytra, thence distinctly tapering to 

 apex. Sixth ventral of male with a small rounded emargination at apex. 

 Length 4 mm. 



Steuben, Starke, Marion, Putnam and Posey counties; scarce. 

 April 23-October 17. Taken by sifting vegetable debris. 



829 ( ). Pseudomedon thoeacicum Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XV, 



1905, 188. 



Form of preceding. Uniform black or very dark piceous ; antennae and 

 legs paler. Head almost as wide as thorax, the latter slightly wider than 

 long, as wide almost as elytra ; otherwise as ruficolle. Length 3.5 mm. 



Marshall County ; rare. May 20. Taken from beneath rubbish 

 at margin of lake. 



