REVISION OF ELEODIINI BLAISDELL. 35 



SYNOPSIS OF GENERAL SUBGENERIC CHARACTERS, 



Anterior femora at least, armed in botli sexes (except in vdiidifcra and lungi- 



pilosa where the teeth are abortive) Elcodc.s. 



Anterior femora armed only in the male or nmtic. 



Anterior tibial spurs dissimilar in the sexes; femora mutic__.l/(7a/(e'?eodc".s. 

 Anterior tibial spurs similar in the sexes. 

 Tarsi similar in the sexes, or nearly so. 



Middle lobe of the mentum large, lateral lobes rudimentary, in- 

 visible without dissection; anterior tarsi with tirst joint mon* or 

 less slightly thickened at tip beneath; anterior femora armed 



or sinuate Discogcnia. 



Middle lobe of the mentum small ; anterior tarsi comparatively 

 simple beneath, groove entire. 



Lateral lobes of the mentum fully exposed; sculpturing com- 

 paratively simple; femora nuitic Metablapylis. 



Lateral lobes moderately exposed: species opaque to shining; 

 elytra tuberculate; anterior femora not sinuate, mutic. 



rscuclclcodcs. 

 Anterior tarsi dissimilar in the sexes. 

 Species pubescent throughout. 



Hairs long and flying; femora mutic; anterior tarsi with 

 first joint scarcely produced ventro-apically, ventro-apical 

 spinules noticeably produced in the female, not so in the 



male; j)lantar grooves distinct Triclielcodcx. 



Hairs short, yellowish and recumbent; form oval, ojiaque, 



subdepressed Ilcteroproiiiiis, 



Species not usually pubescent, rarely so. 



Form elongate, usually large; tirst joint of the anterior tarsi 

 slightly thickened at tip beneath, bearing a small trans- 

 A'erse tuft of yellowish or brownish moditied spinuh^s which 

 interrupt the groove in the male; simple in the female. 



tStcnrlcodrs. 

 Form ovate or fusiform; the first one or two joints of an- 

 terior tarsi in the male more or less thickened and some- 

 times flattened beneath, densely clothed with fine pubescence ; 

 tarsi simple and unmodified in the female; anterior femora 



armed or nuitic Pronius. 



Form short ovate, moderate in size to small, robust (elon- 

 gate and depressed in tihialis) ; anterior tarsi of the male 

 with first two or three joints feebly thickened at tip be- 

 neath and clothed with dense silken or brownish pubescent 

 tufts, obliterating the groov(> ; joints simple with grooves 



entire in female; femora mutic BlapyUs. 



Form ovate, moderate in size, less robust ; first joint of the 

 anterior tarsi more or less thickened and slightly more 

 prominent ventrally than the others, pubescent tuft variable, 

 most evident in extricata; in the male first joint with a 

 minute tuft of silken pubescence at tip beneath Lithclcodes. 



