REVISION OF ELEODIINI BLAISDELL, 207 



ELEODES GRANDICOLLIS Mannerheim. 



Eleodcs grandicoUis Mannerheim, P>u11. Soc. Nat. Moscow, XVI, 1843, p. 



266; Mag. Zoo]., XIV, 1844, No. 130 (fig.).— Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. 



Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 312. 

 Eleodcs valida Boheman, Freg. Engeu. Resa, Ins., 1858, p. 90. 



Large and robust, oblong oval, black, and shining. 



Head twice as wide as long and more or less feebly convex, quite 

 coarsely and rather irregularly, sparsely, and at times densely punc- 

 tate; punctures denser at the periphery. Antennoi rather short and 

 stout, reaching to about the posterior fourth of the prothorax and sub- 

 equal in the sexes; outer joints slightly compressed and not noticeably 

 dilated; third joint equal in length to the next two taken together; 

 the fourth slightly longer than the fifth ; the latter, sixth, and seventh 

 subequal in length; eighth and ninth about as long as wide; tenth 

 slightly wider than long; eleventh smaller, trapezoidal and longer 

 than wide. 



PronotuDh widest at about the middle, less than one-third wider 

 than long, and more than twice as wide as the head; disc smooth 

 and shining, quite strongly convex, and rather strongly declivous at 

 the angles; surface finely, evenly, and rather sparsely punctate, 

 narroAvly opaque, and asperate along the lateral margins ; a^pex trun- 

 cate or feebly emarginate and rather finely beaded ; sides broadly and 

 evenly arcuate, somewhat straight, and converging posteriorly, 

 scarcely ever sinuate, finely beaded; Ijase slightly arcuate and rather 

 coarsely margined ; apical angles distinct and deflexed, at times more 

 or less rounded ; basal angles obtuse and never prominent. 



Pro'pleurw smooth, more or less strongly rugulose and at times 

 sparsely punctate. 



Elytra oval, usually estriate, smooth, and shining, about twice as 

 long as wide, widest at the middle; not emarginate nor abruptly 

 declivous at the base, the latter slightly narrower than the con- 

 tiguous prothoracic base; humeral angles absent; sides evenly arcu- 

 ate, apex obtuse and rounded; disc very convex, suddenly and rather 

 obliquely declivous posteriorly ; surface finely and quite evenly punc- 

 tate, punctures arranged in moderately distant, unimpressed series, 

 the individual punctures not closely placed ; intervals with a series 

 of distantly and regularly, placed punctures, the punctures becoming 

 subasperate at the sides, and more strongly so on the apex. 



Efifleurm moderately narrow and very gradually and evenly 

 narrowing from the base to the apex; surface smooth and sparsely 

 punctate. 



Sterna moderately and quite densely punctate and rugulose. 



Parafleurm rather strongly and quite evenly punctate. 



