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7. Elzodes hispilabris. 
Blaps hispilabris, Say, Journ. Acad. Phil. iii. p. 260'; Am. Ent. £.16; Lec. Complete Writings of 
Thomas Say, ii. p. 152. 
Eleodes hispilabris, Horn, Rev. Ten. N. A. p- 313%. 
Eleodes sulcata, Lec. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1852, p. 67°; loc. cit. 1858, p. 181. 
Eleodes convexa, Lec. Pacif. R. R. Reports, App. I. p. 49. 
? Eleodes nupta, Lec. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 183. 
Eleodes lecontei, Harold, Col. Heft. vi. p. 122. 
Hab. Nortn Amurica, Missouri !3, Oregon, Arizona, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas 2. 
—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison). 
The specimens sent by Mr. Morrison have the elytra very deeply sulcate, though 
otherwise agreeing with examples from Colorado, &c. 
8. Elzodes gracilis. 
Eleodes gracilis, Lec. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 184+; Horn, Rev. Ten. N. A. p. 3127. 
Hab. Nortn America, New Mexico, Arizona, and upper end of the peninsula of 
Lower California ?.\—Mzxico, Sonora! (Morrison). 
c. Hlytra rounded at the apex. 
9. Elzodes obscura. 
Blaps obscura, Say, Journ. Acad. Phil. i. p. 259; Lec. Complete Writings of Thomas Say, i. 
p. 82°. 
Eleodes obscura, Lec. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 181; Horn, Rev. Ten. N. A. p. 305’. 
Eleodes dispersa, Lec. loc. cit. p. 182°; Horn, loc. cit. p. 805%. 
Eleodes deleta, Lec. loc. cit. p. 182°; Horn, loc. cit. p. 305. 
Eleodes sulcipennis, Mann. Beitr. 226; Mag. Zool. 1848, Ins. f. 128; Lee. loc. cit. p. 182; Horn, 
loc. cit. p. 306 °. 
Eleodes arata, Lec. loc. cit. p. 1827; Horn, loc. cit. p. 306. 
Hab. Norta America, river Platte}, Creek boundary 3, New Mexico 4°67, Oregon 8, 
Nebraska 2, Colorado 2 6, Northern California ®, Nevada ®, Arizona °.—Mzexico, Northern 
Sonora (Morrison). 
The specimens recently sent by Mr. Morrison from Sonora of this, one of the largest 
species of the genus, belong to the form LZ. swlcipennis. 
10. Eleodes extricata. 
Blaps extricata, Say, Journ. Acad. Phil. iii. p. 261°; Lec. Complete Writings of Thomas Say, ii. 
p. 153. | 
Eleodes extricata, Lec. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 181; Horn, Rev. Ten. N. A. p. 8097. 
Eleodes cognata, Hald. Stans. Expl., App. C, p. 876 (1852). 
Hab. Nortnu America, Arkansas1, Utah, Eastern Oregon, plains of Kansas and 
Nebraska 2.._Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison), Monclova in Coahuila (Dr. Palmer). 
