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ELEODES HIRSUTA LeConte. 



Eleodes hirsuta LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbibi., ISC.I, \>. ."..■')•_'. — Horn, 

 Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 315. 



Ovate, scarcely elongate, about twice as long as wide, clothed with 

 black pubescence, coarsely punctate, and more or less shining. 



Iledil very feebly convex, frontal suture evident; densely, strongly, 

 and rather finely punctate, each puncture bearing a more or less erect 

 and rather short hair. Antemuv rather long, reaching slightly 

 beyond the j^rothoracic base, scarcely compressed in outer four joints, 

 feebly incrassate, third joint equal to the next two taken together, 

 fourth just noticeably longer than the fifth, the latter, sixth and 

 seventh, subequal, eighth about as wide as long, ninth and tenth feebly 

 transversely oval; eleventh short ovate. 



Pronotiim subquadrate. one-sixth to one-third wider than long, 

 widest at the middle: dhc rather strongly convex from side to side. 

 ]atei-ally arcuately declivous, strongly and densely punctate; inter- 

 stices more or less glabrous and shining; laterally the punctures more 

 or less coalesce; apex truncate, and quite obsoletely nuirgined, about 

 ('([ual to the length; .svV/f.s- evenly and moderately arcuate anteriorly, 

 less so, and nearly straight, and slightly converging jwsteriorly. 

 frequently evenl}^ arcuate from apex to base; distinctly margined, 

 bead fine; hase scarcely arcuate to truncate, very finely and distinctly 

 margined, slightly wider than the apex; apical angles obtuse, not 

 prominent anteriorly, scarcely rounded; basal angles obtuse. 



Proj)leur(v shining and rather coarsely punctate, more or less 

 rugose. 



Eh/tra oval, more or less shining, widest at the middle ; hase trun- 

 cate; humeri rounded and angle not evident; sides evenly arcuate; 

 (ijyex obtuse and rounded, not in the least produced ; disc moderately 

 convex on the dorsum, more strongly and arcuately rounded laterally, 

 arcuately and more or less vertically declivous posteriorly; surf nee 

 densely, irregularly punctate, finely muricate, but not asperate, 

 pubescent; hairs moderate in length aiul flying, soft and subequal in 

 length. 



Einpleurw very narrow, gradually narrowing from base to apex: 

 just a little wider beneath the humeri than at a point opposite the 

 first abdominal suture ; surface finely and sparsely punctate, shining. 



Sterna more or less densely punctate and shining. 



Parapleuree coarsely punctate. 



Ahdomen glabrous and shining; more or less densely punctate, and 

 feebly rugulose. Horizontal. 



Legs moderate, rather strongly but not very densely sculptured, 

 clothed with short and semirecumbent hairs; anterior tibial spurs 

 slender and subequal, those of the mesotil)a' sul)equal : the inuei- sj)urs 



