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TABLE OF CONTENTS. IX 



Group Dentipes, section B — Continued. Page. 



Eleodes ventricosa 300 



Eleodes ventricosa var. falli 305 



Subgenus Blapylis 306 



Synojisis of genital characters 310 



Analytical key to species of subgenus Blapylis 311 



Eleodes tibialis 313 



Eleodes snowii 317 



Eleodes lecontei 321 



Eleodes tenebrosa 325 



Eleodes tenebrosa var. nana 328 



Eleodes inculta 329 



Eleodes consobrina. 333 



Eleodes scabripennis 338 



Eleodes blanchardii 339 



Eleodes fuchsii 343 



Eleodes neotomse 347 



Eleodes hornii 350 



Eleodes parvicollis 354 



Eleodes parvicollis var. planata 359 



Eleodes parvicollis var. producta 362 



Eleodes parvicollis var. constricta 365 



Eleodes hoppingii 368 



Eleodes cla vicornis 371 



Eleodes scabrosa 375 



Eleodes cordata 379 



Eleodes cordata var. rotundipennis 384 



Eleodes pimelioides 384 



Eleodes pimelioides var. brunnipes 386 



Eleodes caseyi 388 



Subgenus Metablapylis 391 



Analytical key to species of subgenus Metablapylis 393 



Eleodes nigrina 393 



Eleodes nigrina var. perlonga 398 



Eleodes dissimilis 398 



Eleodes dissimilis var. nevadensis 402 



Eleodes schwarzii ". . 406 



Subgenus Steneleodes 409 



Analytical key to species of Steneleodes 411 



Eleodes gigantea 412 



Eleodes gigantea var. gentilis 416 



Eleodes gigantea var. estriata 421 



Eleodes longicollis 425 



Eleodes innocens 429 



Subgenus Discogenia 434 



Analytical key to groups of Discogenia 434 



Analytical key to species of Discogenia, Group A 435 



Analytical key to species of Discogenia, Group B 435 



Eleodes marginata 436 



Eleodes scabricula 440 



Eleodes planipennis 445 



Unrecognized species 450 



Eleodes vicina 450 



Eleodes nitida 450 



Eleodes reflexicollis 450 



