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43. Elxodes coarctata. 
Eleodes coarctata, Sturm, in litt. 
Elongate oval, somewhat parallel, convex, black, shining. Head with some fine scattered punctures; pro- 
thorax transverse, convex, strongly rounded at the sides, slightly narrowed towards the base, widest 
about the middle, feebly emarginate in front, anterior angles rounded and not prominent, hind angles 
obtuse, smooth or almost imperceptibly punctate; elytra narrowing but little towards the base, feebly 
rounded at the sides, humeri not prominent, smooth, or with almost imperceptible fine scattered punctures, 
and usually of a dark reddish-brown hue ; anterior femora unarmed in both sexes; anterior tibial spurs 
subequal ; basal joints of the anterior tarsi in the male thickly clothed with hair beneath. 
Length 17-19 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates), Toluca, Puebla (Sailé). 
Ten examples. Allied to ZH. sallwi, but smoother and more parallel; the thorax less 
constricted at the base ; the elytra less rounded at the sides and broader at the base. 
44, Eleodes hégei. (Tab. IV. fig. 23,6.) 
Ovate convex, dull black. Head with some fine widely scattered punctures; prothorax in the male about as 
broad as long, in the female transverse, convex, strongly rounded at the sides, the base and apex about 
equal in width, the angles obtuse, widest in the middle, smooth or almost imperceptibly punctured ; elytra 
in the male rather elongate and a little wider than the thorax, in the female broad and short and much 
wider than the thorax at the base, in both sexes widest a little behind the middle, the sides rounded to 
the base, humeri obtuse, shallowly and finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat and sometimes with 
indistinct scattered punctures; anterior femora in both sexes very feebly emarginate near the apex; basal 
joints of the anterior tarsi in the male stouter than in the female and densely clothed with hair beneath ; 
spurs of the anterior tibize subequal. 
Length 12-134 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Tehuacan, Esperanza (Hége), Orizaba (Sallé). 
Sent in plenty by Hoge from Esperanza. 
45. Hleodes gravida. 
Xysta gravida, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, ii. p.9*; Guér. Mag. Zool. 1830, p. 30, t. 116. ff. 1-6°; Dej. 
Cat. 3rd ed. p. 210. 
Hab. Mexico 12 (coll. F. Bates), Oaxaca (Hoge). 
Females of this species resemble somewhat HE. alutacea (?); the anterior tarsi are, 
however, densely clothed with hair beneath, and the anterior tibial spurs subequal, 
the upper spur but little longer than the lower spur. The specimen figured by Guérin 
is probably a female. 
46. Eleodes angulata. 
Xysta angulata, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, iii. p. 9°. 
Hab. Mexico }. 
Apparently allied to and perhaps a form of EL. gravida. The following is the descrip- 
tion: —“Thorace planiusculo, transverso, lateribus ante medium rotundato, basi angustato 
et rectangulo; elytris obsolete sulcatis ; sulcis tenuissime rugulosis. Long. 7 lin.” 
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