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3. The basal joints of the anterior tarsi in the male dilated and thickly clothed with 
spongy hair beneath. (PRomus, Horn.) 
50. Hlzodes goryi. (Tab. IV. fig. 25, 3.) 
Eleodes goryi, Sol. Studi Ent. p. 251, t. x. ff 14,157. 
Eleodes seriata, Lec. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 185°; Horn, Rev. Ten. N. A. p. 319. 
Hab. Nort America, New Mexico, Texas 2.—Mexico 12 (ex coll. Sturm), Mirador 
(Sallé), Rinconado (Hége). 
Sent in some numbers by Hége. Mexican specimens are identical with those from 
Texas. 
The two following species are of doubtful position :— 
51. Elzodes striata. 
Xysta striata, Guér. Mag. Zool., Mélasomes, 1834, p. 30'; Cast. Hist. Nat. ii. p. 2022. 
Hab. Mxxico 2, Tempico !. 
52. Elzodes brevicollis. 
Eleodes obsoleta, Sol. Studi Ent. p. 238 (nom. preoc.) ’. 
Nycterinus brevicollis, Dup. in litt. 
Hab. Mexico}. 
I cannot identify this species amongst the vast number of Mexican Elwodes before 
me. 
Group SCAURIDES. 
This group, numerous in species in the Mediterranean region, will include Argoporis 
and Ammophorus. Two other genera (Hulabis and Cerenopus) are found in California 
(chiefly on the peninsula) ; these have not yet been received from Mexico. 
ARGOPORIS. 
Argoporis, Horn, Rev. Ten. N. A. p. 325 (1870) ; Lec. & Horn. Class. Col. N. A. p. 375 (1888). 
This genus is peculiar to Mexico and the South-western United States ; seven species 
(two of which are also found north of our frontier) are now known from Mexico. 
These insects are found beneath stones, &c., in dry places. 
