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rugulosely punctured, and the disc (sometimes) a little more depressed ; intermediate 
forms occur. | 
LE. equalis, E. obliterata, and E. sommeri are probably smooth forms of this variable 
species. 
14. Eleodes elongatula. 
Eleodes elongatula, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, iii. p. 13°; Klug, Dej. Cat. 3rd edit. p. 210 (nec Solier). 
Hab. Mexico }. 
This species, judging from the description (“ Atra, thorace quadrato, antice latiore 
punctulato; elytris dorso deplanatis, profunde punctato-striatis; tibiis anterioribus 
incurvis ; labro rotundo; long. 54 lin.”), is perhaps identical with EZ. alutacea, Sol., 3. 
15. Elzodes maura. (Tab. IV. figg. 43,59.) 
? Blaps maura, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. i. pp. 151-2031; Lec. Complete Writings of Thomas 
Say, i. p. 656. 
Eleodes elongatula, Sol. Studi Ent. p. 242? (nec Eschsch.). 
A little larger, longer, and duller than £. alutacea, the male differing as follows:—The prothorax less con- 
stricted towards the base, almost equally narrowed at base and apex, widest in the middle, the base 
slightly rounded, smooth, and almost impunctate ; elytra longer, a little less attenuate towards the apex, 
with traces of shallow obsolete grooves, smooth, or with scattered fine punctures, sometimes finely 
punctate-striate. The female larger and broader than the female of that species; legs stouter in both 
sexes, 
Length 14-18 millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab, Mextco!”, San Antonio de Arriba, Guanajuato, Parada (Sal/é), Esperanza (Hoge). 
Sent in plenty by Hoge. Labelled as above in the Sallé collection ; it is perhaps the 
Blaps maura, Say. This species is also allied to L. quadricollis, but smaller, flatter, 
and less convex; the thorax broader and more transverse; the female comparatively 
shorter in form. 
16. Elzodes scapularis. 
Blaps levigata, Sturm, in litt. (3). 
Oblong ovate, convex, black, shining. Head sparingly and somewhat coarsely punctured; prothorax trans- 
verse, moderately convex, rounded at the sides, about equally narrowed at base and apex, widest about 
or a little before the middle, feebly emarginate in front, the anterior angles rounded or obtuse, the base 
rounded, hind angles obtuse, smooth or with traces of fine scattered punctures ; elytra in the male some- 
what elongate, broader and more rounded at the sides in the female, feebly sinuate near the base, widest 
about the middle, the base broadly emarginate, humeri prominent and almost meeting the hind angles of 
the thorax, smooth or with indistinct fine scattered punctures and transverse wrinkles; anterior femora 
unarmed in both sexes; upper spur of the anterior tibiee in the female longer and stouter than the lower 
spur; anterior tarsi in the male clothed with short stout spiny hairs beneath; prosternum produced 
behind into a short horizontal projection. 
Length 13-16 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates, Sallé, ex coll. Sturm), Toluca, Guanajuato (Sallé). 
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