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Elzodes sulcata (p. 92). | 
To the locality Mexico, add :—Huitzilac in Morelos (Hége). 
Two examples. 
49 (a). Eleeodes peropaca. 
Moderately elongate, broad, black, very opaque. Head sparsely, rather coarsely punctate; prothorax trans- 
versely cordate, flattened on the disc, dilated at the sides, widest at one-third from the apex and strongly 
narrowed behind, the apex deeply, the base shallowly, emarginate, the anterior and hind angles obtuse, 
the surface rather closely and somewhat coarsely punctured, the punctures deeper and irregularly confluent 
at the sides, the disc with indications of a median groove; scutellum almost smooth; elytra elongate-oval, 
narrowed in front, abruptly declivous and somewhat acuminate behind, moderately convex, sulcate, the 
interstices convex (almost flat towards the suture in one specimen), the entire surface minutely coriaceous 
and finely transversely wrinkled, with widely scattered, very minute, smooth, raised points, which are 
subserially arranged in the sulci, the latter each with a row of obsolete fovese in one specimen, the 
humeri obtuse but distinct, the epipleure almost smooth, the basal portion of the carina visible from 
above ; beneath irregularly wrinkled, the ventral surface with scattered granular elevations ; prosternum 
declivous behind; the basal joints of the anterior tarsi clothed with fine hairs beneath ; anterior femora 
slightly emarginate on the inner side near the apex. 
Length 19-20, breadth 83 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Villa Lerdo in Durango, Toluca (Hége). 
‘wo specimens. This species approaches the section Discogenia, Lec.; it is allied to 
E. consobrina, Lec. 
49 (z). Eleodes tessellata. 
Oblong-oval, broad, black, opaque. Head finely, sparsely punctate ; prothorax transverse, a little flattened on 
the disc and dilated at the sides, about equally narrowed in front and behind, the sides strongly rounded 
at the middle, the apex deeply emarginate, the base truncate, the surface thickly and rather coarsely 
punctured, the punctures deeper and transversely confluent towards the lateral margin, the disc with an 
interrupted smooth median line ; elytra broad-oval, rather short, moderately convex, very much wider than 
the prothorax, abruptly declivous behind, and with the apex slightly produced, the humeri very obtuse, 
the epipleural carina not visible from above, each elytron with six rows of rather elongate, almost smooth, 
moderately raised elevations, and an almost smooth space along the suture, the interstices transversely 
reticulate, and sparsely, rather coarsely granulate, the sutural space with a row of very coarse, distantly 
placed impressions, the inflexed portion coarsely punctured, the epipleure abruptly widened at the base ; 
beneath shining, the ventral surface with a few, widely scattered, fine punctures ; prosternum declivous 
behind ; anterior tarsi with silky hairs beneath ; anterior tibial spurs subequal. 
Length 153, breadth 7? millim. (@ ?) 
Hab. Mexico, San Juan Tumbio (fVohr). 
Mr. Flohr informs me that he captured three examples of this peculiar species in 
June 1883—two at San Juan Tumbio (from one of which the above description is taken) 
and one at Tingambato, Michoacan ; they were found beneath rubbish. 
Elzodes goryi (p. 98). 
To the Mexican localities given, add :— Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas (Hége). 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. IV. Pt. 1, November 1892. 3XxX 
