92 HETEROMERA. 
47, Eleodes sulcata. (Tab. IV. fig. 24,¢.) 
? Xysta sulcata, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, in. p. 9. 
Oblong ovate, moderately convex, depressed above, dull black. Head with a few widely scattered fine punc- 
tures; prothorax transverse, rather depressed above, distinctly margined, subcordiform, strongly rounded 
at the sides, abruptly narrowed and sinuate before the base, the hind angles subrectangular, deeply 
emarginate in front, the base nearly straight, the anterior angles obtuse but prominent, very feebly and 
sparingly punctured ; elytra broader than the thorax at the base, depressed, the sides gradually rounded to 
the base, widest about the middle, the humeri slightly swollen and almost meeting the hind angles of 
the thorax, shallowly sulcate, the interstices flat, the entire surface transversely, finely, and irregularly 
wrinkled and punctured; anterior femora unarmed ; anterior tarsi densely clothed with hair beneath ; 
anterior tibial spurs subequal. 
Length 14 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates). 
One example. . sulcata may be known from small examples of E. distincta, &c., by 
the thorax being strongly constricted towards the base and subcordiform ; in this respect 
it resembles the North-American E. planata, E. consobrina, &c., but in the latter 
the thorax is more convex and much more coarsely punctured. The following is the 
description of X. sulcata, Eschsch.:—“Thorace cordato ; elytris punctulatis, sulcatis. 
Long. 7 lin.” The present species may or may not be identical with it; if it should 
prove distinct, it might be called L. batest. 
43. Eleodes melanaria. 
Eleodes melanaria, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, ii. p. 13°; Sol. Studi Ent. p. 241°. 
Eleodes sulcipennis, Sturm, in litt. 
Hab. Mexico 12 (Sallé, ex coll. Sturm, coll. F. Bates). 
A single specimen of an Elaodes in the Sallé collection, labelled £. sulcipennis, 
Sturm, and another in that of Mr. F. Bates, are perhaps referable to this species. 
49. Eleodes stolida. 
Eleodes consobrina, Chev. in litt. 
Oblong ovate, convex, dull black. Head with a few fine scattered punctures, the epistoma defined posteriorly 
by an impressed transverse line; prothorax strongly transverse, moderately convex, rounded at the sides, 
widest a little behind the middle, the sides feebly sinuate before the base, anterior margin nearly straight, 
all the angles obtuse, smooth and almost impunctate ; elytra a little wider than the thorax at the base, the 
sides equally and gradually rounded to the base, widest about the middle, humeri obtuse, indistinctly or 
obsoletely punctate-striate, the interstices flat and sometimes with a few scattered punctures; anterior 
femora unarmed ; anterior tarsi densely clothed with hair beneath; spurs of the anterior tibize subequal. 
Length 12 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé). 
Three examples. A small dull species of somewhat obovate form; the thorax com- 
paratively small and transverse. Labelled £. consobrina, Chevr., in the Sallé collection, 
a name used by Leconte for another species. 
