82 HETEROMERA. 
Nine examples. This species may be known from its allies by the somewhat rounded 
base of the thorax and prominent humeri ; the disc of the elytra in the male is some- 
times a little depressed. . scapularis is best placed near i. maura. 
17. Elwodes rotundicollis. (Tab. IV. figg. 63,72.) 
? Eleodes rotundicollis, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, iii. p. 9; Dej. Cat. 3rd edit. p. 209. 
? § Blaps parva, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. i. pp. 151-2037; Lec. Complete Writings of Thomas 
Say, i. p. 658. 
Eleodes picipes, Deyr. in litt. 
Hab. Muxico1? (coll. F. Bates), Volcan de Orizaba (Sallé), Tehuacan, Las Vigas, 
Jalapa, Esperanza (Hoge). 
Sent in plenty by Hége. The specimens I refer to this species differ from E. alutacea 
in having the thorax more transverse, more strongly rounded at the sides, more narrowed 
towards the base, the greatest breadth a little before the middle; the elytra a little 
more narrowed towards the base, more rounded at the sides, and with regular rows of 
rather coarse or fine punctures, the interstices with scattered finer impressions; the 
first joint of the anterior tarsi of the female produced beneath into a blunt tooth 
almost as long and stout as the upper tibial spur. 
18. Hlzodes connata. 
Eleodes connata, Sol. Studi Ent. p. 2438. 
Eleodes brevis, Sturm, in litt. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. Sturm), Toluca (coll. F. Bates), San Andres, Puebla, Toluca (Sal/é), 
Las Vigas (Hoge). 
This distinct little species seems to be pretty common, and contained in most Mexican 
collections. 
19. Eleodes curta. (Tab. IV. fig. 8, ¢ .) 
Short ovate, moderately convex, flattened above, black, shining. Head with some very fine scattered punctures ; 
prothorax a little broader than long ( 3), transverse ( 2 ), subcordiform, flattened above, the sides rounded 
from about the middle to the obtuse front angles and constricted before the base, the hind angles rectan- 
gular, base truncate, with scattered exceedingly fine punctures; elytra broader than the thorax at the 
base, flattened on the disc, with indistinct rows of fine distant punctures, distinct towards the base, obsolete 
at the sides and before the apex, the interstices with a few scattered finer impressions; anterior tarsi of 
the male with the basal joints stout and rather thickly clothed with hair beneath ; upper spur of the 
anterior tibize longer and stouter than the lower; anterior femora unarmed. 
Length 10-11 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates), Toluca (Sadie). 
Three specimens. Allied to HL. connata, Sol., but larger and broader; the thorax 
more constricted behind, the upper surface much more finely punctured, the basal joints 
of the anterior tarsi stouter and more thickly clothed with hair beneath. 
