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Integuments thick, dull black and alutaceous. Elytra sulcate, but 

 less so than in E. hispilabris var. scnlptilis, and slightly more so than 

 in imitabilis. The elytral intervals are more or less feebly convex. 

 The prothorax is noticeably larger and the legs stouter. The general 

 form is the same in both sexes, the female is depressed on the 

 dorsum as in the male and the elytra are but slightly wider than those 

 of the male. There is here less sexual differentiation, as has already 

 been mentioned in connection with other species or races, as E. 

 (Blapylis) ncotomac for instance. 

 Eleodes hispilabris Say, var. attenuata n. var. 



Elongate, subfusiform, shining, black; elytra more or less slightly 

 sulcate, moderately convex ; integuments weak. 



Head finely and sparsely punctate, punctures coarsest on the epis- 

 toma and finest on the vertex. Antennae long and as in hispilabris. 



Pronotum widest at about the middle; disk smooth and more or 

 less alutaceous, moderately convex, finely, very sparsely and irregularly 

 punctured, narrowly granulate and opaque along the marginal bead ; 

 apex slightly narrower than the base, feebly emarginate and obsoletely 

 beaded ; sides evenly and broadly arcuate, becoming slightly sinuate 

 before the basal angles, which are subrectangular, distinct but not in 

 the least prominent, marginal bead more or less strong; base feebly 

 beaded and feebly arcuate; apical angles subacute and not dentiform 

 to moderately dentiform, not or feebly everted. 



Propleura smooth, subopaque, finely punctulate, and more or less 

 feebly rugulose. 



Elytra ovato-fusiform, about twice as long as wide, widest at the 

 middle; base very feebly emarginate and just the least wider than the 

 contiguous base of the pronotum ; humeri minutely dentiform; sides 

 evenly arcuate, feebly and broadly sinuate before the apex, the latter 

 subacute, slightly dehiscent and the suture impressed; disk feebly con- 

 vex on the dorsum, broadly and rather evenly rounded laterally, 

 gradually and arcuately declivous posteriorly; surface more or less 

 sulcate ; sulci shallow and with a single row of small, very closely 

 placed punctures, intervals feebly to moderately convex and with a 

 single row of widely spaced punctures. The deflexed sides are more 

 coarsely, irregularly punctate, subsulcate and more or less asperate. 



Sterna and parapleura more or less finely punctate. 



Abdomen more or less glabrous, finely and sparsely punctate, punc- 

 tures denser and rugulose on the first segment. 



Legs slender; profemora armed. Tarsi grooved and similar in the 

 sexes. 



$. Slender, fusiform. Elytral apex more attenuate and the disk 

 more gradually declivous on the dorsum. Abdomen horizontal and 

 feebly convex. 



