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plate. Superior i)ii(leiidal inenibi-aue rencliiiiu' (o the middle of tlui 

 dorsal plate. Genital fissure subapical. 



General ohseroations. — The internal spurs of tlie nieso- and nieta- 

 tibise are slightly longer than the external. 



The tarsi are somewhat stout and moderate in length. The ]irotarsi 

 have the four basal joints short, snbequal in length, and slightly 

 broader than long. The mesotarsi are al)out one-fourth of their 

 length longer than a protarsusand slightly shorter than a metatarsus; 

 the first four joints are subequal — the first undoubtedly slightly the 

 longest — and about as wide as long. The metatarsi have the second 

 and third joints subequal, both together slightly longer than the first. 



In the male the intercoxal process of the first abdominal segment 

 is subquadrate and just slightly transverse and about equal in length 

 to the post-coxal part, the latter quite equal in length to the second; 

 the third segment is equal to about three-fourths the length of the 

 second, and the fourth is equal to two-thirds the length of the third. 



Tn the female the post-coxal part of the first segment is almost 

 equal in length to the second; the third about two-thirds as long as 

 the second, the latter slightly more than twice as long as the fourth. 



The intercoxal process of the abdomen is equal in width to the 

 length of the third and fourth segments taken together, and one-fifth 

 of its own width greater than that of the metasternal salient. 



The metasternum laterally between the coxa3 in length equals the 

 width of a mesofemur at base. 



The epipleura' at apices are feebly dilated and concave beneath the 

 el^dral apex, the latter being very slightly produced. This character 

 is more noticeable in the females. 



DistrihutioH. — Granosa inhabits the more arid and desert regions 

 of the West. Thus far it has only been recorded from eastern cen- 

 tral and northeastern southern California and western Xevada. 



RelaiionshipH. — More closely related to Trieheleodes than to any 

 other subgeneric aggregate, this affinity is evident in the resemblance 

 of facies and in the tendency to development of tubercles in pilosa. 



ELEODES GRANOSA LeConte. 



Eleodcs ffraiio.sd LeConte. Smithsoii. Misc. Coll., No. 167, 186.5, p. 116. — 

 Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soe., XIV, ISTO, ]). 314. 



Ovate, opaque, roughly and coarselv sculptured and strongly 

 convex. 



Head about twice as wide as long, moderately convex, coarsely and 

 densely pimctate. the puncttii-es at the sides and on the epistoma more 

 or less coalescent, and hntjy setigerous. Atiteiina^ rather short and 

 moderately stout, outer four joints .scarcely compressed, gradually 

 and very feebly dilated, third joint about equal in length to the next 

 two taken together, fourth scarcely longer than the fifth, the latter, 



