BEVISTON OF ELEODTINT BLAISDELL. 



Tabic of distribution. 



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It will be seen that suturaJh inhabits the more central and north- 

 eastern part of the region west of the Mississippi River; texana., the 

 southern and southern central; acuta, probably the same, like texatm; 

 disjjersa, central and more southern western; ohsc/ra, central and to 

 the northwest, western and northwestern, and probably none are 

 found west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Sulcipennis extends 

 southward into Sonora, Mexico (Morrison), and is probably the most 

 widely dispersed member of the group, while dispersa is the least 

 widely distributed. 



ELEODES OBSCURA Say. 



Blaps obscura Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., Ill, 1823, p. 259; Amer. 

 Entomology, I, 1824, p. 32, pi. xvi, fig. 3. — LeConte, Complete Writ- 

 ings of Th. Say, I, 1859, p. 32. 



Eleodcs obscura Say, I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 181. — Hokn, 

 Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 306. 



Eleodcs dispersa LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 182. — ^Horn, 

 Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 305. 



Eleodcs delcta LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 182. — 

 Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 305. 



Eleodes sulcipennis Mannerheim, Bull. Soc Nat. Moscow, XVI, 1843, 

 p. 266; Mag. Zool., XIII, 1843, No. 128 (fig.).— LeConte, Proc Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 182.— Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 

 1870, p. 306.— Champion, Biol. Centr. Amer., IV, Pt. 1, 1884, p. 79. 



Eleodes arata LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 182. — Horn, 

 Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 306. 



