REVISION OF ELEODIINI BLAISDELL. 259 



are siibequal and slightly wider than long, and together about equal 

 to the fifth; the first about a half longer than wide. 



The mesotarsi are about a seventh of their length shorter than a 

 metatarsus. Joints two, three, and four about as long as wide and 

 subequal, and together about equal to the fifth ; the first is about one 

 and a half times longer than wide. 



The metatarsi are about half as long as a metatibia. Joints two 

 and three subequal and distinctly longer than wide, together scarcely 

 as long as the fourth, and slightly longer than the first. 



ELEODES ARMATA LeConte. 



Eleodes armaia LeConte, Ann. Lye. Xat. Hist. N. Y., Y, 1851, p. 134; also 

 in Thomson's Arcana Nat., 1S59, p. 125, pi. xii, fig. 2 ; Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 181.— Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIY, 

 1870, p. 310. 



var. impotcns Beaisdell, Ent. News, YI, no. 7, Sept., 1S!)5, p. 2.3G. 



Elongate, somewhat oblong-ovate, shining, sometimes alutaceous. 



Head twice as wide as long, moderately convex, more or less im- 

 pressed laterally, frequently the frons is broadly and transversely 

 impressed with vertex more strongly convex; surface rather coarsely, 

 moderatel}', densely, and irregularly' punctate. Aritennm not reach- 

 ing to the base of the prothorax, outer four joints slightly compressed 

 and scarcely dilated, third joint scarcely longer than the next two 

 combined, fourth longer than the fifth, the latter to the seventh, inclu- 

 sive, subequal, eighth obconico-triangular, ninth and tenth scarcely 

 transversely oval, eleventh ovate. 



Proitottnn widest at or slightly in advance of the middle, about a 

 third wider than long; disr smooth, moderately and evenly convex, 

 rather declivous at the apical angles, rather sparsely and evenly 

 punctulate; apex rather deeply and broadly emarginate, usually 

 finely margined laterally; sides broadly arcuate anteriorly, more or 

 less straiglit, or feebly arcuate to base, sometimes sinuate before 

 the base, finely beaded ; hase not strongly arcuate and rather coarsely 

 margined, about a sixth wider than the apex; apical angles acute, 

 more or less dentiform, frequently everted; basal angles obtuse. 



Proyleuroe smooth, with small setigerous i:)unctures anteriorly, 

 along posterior margin and on the acetabular convexity. 



Elytra oval, smooth, about twice as long as wide, widest at the 

 middle, rarely behind the same; hase scarcely emarginate, and hardly 

 wider than the contiguous prothoracic base; humeri obtuse and not 

 prominent ; sides evenly arcuate, apex obtuse and more or less nar- 

 rowly rounded; disc smooth, evenly convex from side to side, more 

 or less arcuately declivous ]:)osteriorly ; surface more or less finely 

 punctate, punctures arranged in moderately distant, unimpressed 



