REVISION OF ELEODITlSri BLAISDELL. 241 



The abdominal process is subquadrate, just noticeably transverse, 

 and in width about equal to the length of the post-coxal portion of 

 the same segment, and also to that of the third; the second segment 

 is about a fourth of its length longer than the third, the latter is 

 slightly less than twice as long as the fourth. 



The abdominal salient is about a fifth wider than the metasternal 

 process. 



The metasternum laterally between the coxse is as long as the width 

 of a mesofemur at base. 



The tibial' grooves of the profemora are rather broad apically; the 

 sides, which are distinct, converge regularly and rather rapidly to 

 become contiguous a short distance from the femoral base; the floors 

 are nearly flat and quite glabrous, each anterior" margin is more or 

 less acutely and dentately laminate at the outer fourth in both sexes. 



The grooves of the meso- and metafemora are rather narrow ; sides 

 rather well defined and asperate, becoming obsoletely contiguous at 

 about basal third; the floors are more or less opaque, glabrous or 

 rugulose and subasperate. 



The protibi?e are more or less distinctly carinate externally, and 

 slightly compressed ; the tarsal grooves are not very well defined and 

 usually scabrous, with the posterior margins more or less serrulate; 

 the articular cavities are more or less slightly open. 



The meso- and metatibia^ are not at all carinate externally in the 

 series before me, and the articular cavities are quite closed; grooves 

 of the mesotibia^ are more or less defined, and at times moderately 

 deep, extending to about the middle of the tibia\ and their floors are 

 more or less glabrous or scabrous. 



The external surfaces of the metatibiae are flattened, more or less 

 scabrous, and the grooves may be distinct. 



The tarsi are moderate and variable in length and stoutness. 



The protarsi are about one-sixth of their length shorter than a 

 mesotarsus. Joints tw^o, three, and four subequal, quite short and 

 wider than long, and together equal to the fifth; the first is distinctly 

 longer than wide. 



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

 metatarsus. Joints two, three, and four distinctly longer than wide 

 and slightly shortening in length in the order named, and together 

 a little longer than the fifth ; the second and third combined about 

 equal in length to the first. 



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

 and three are about one and a half times longer than wide and not 

 equal, together equal in length to the fourth, the first being very 

 slightly shorter. 



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