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FAMILY XT. STAPHYLINlDiE. 



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

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

 3.2 mm. 



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

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



881 (2673). Mycetoportts consoes Lee, N. Sp. N. Arner. Col., I, 1863, 31. 

 More robust than americanus, which it resembles in color, the elytra 



piceous with an oblique reddish spot on basal third. Punctures of elytra 

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

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

 Length 3.5 mm. 



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

 sphagnum moss. Known heretofore only from Michigan. 



882 (2671). Mycetoportjs humidus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, IV, 1831, 



465 ; ibid. II, 581. 



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

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

 segments reddish-piceous, paler at tips; or (l>) reddish-yellow with the ab- 

 domen reddish-piceous ; legs reddish-brown or paler. 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, sparsely and finely punctured above, 

 more coarsely beneath. Length 3-1.5 mm. 



Lake, Posey and Jefferson counties ; scarce. March 26-June 5. 



Described from Posey County. 



883 (2676). Mycetoporus splendidus Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., 1806, 21. 

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

 low, strongly shining ; abdomen reddish-brown, the segments paler behind ; 

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

 rax slightly broader than elytra, without discal punctures. Elytra together 

 slightly longer than wide, sutural row of punctures 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. 

 M. flavicollis Lee, length 4 mm., is known from Michigan, Geor- 

 gia and Florida. 



LXVIII. Bryoporus Kraatz. 1856. (Gr., " moss + to walk.") 



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

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

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

 spinules at apex ; hind tarsi longer than in Bolitobius; thorax with 

 the marginal punctures as in Mycetoporus, the apical and basal 

 ones more distant from the margin. 



