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The tarsi are moderate, more slender in the smaller individuals 

 and stouter in the larger. 



The protarsi are about three-fifths of their length shorter than 

 a mesotarsus. Joints two, three, and four are subequal, and just a 

 little wider than long, the three combined about equal to the fifth; 

 the first is distinctly longer than wide. 



The mesotarsi are about as long as a metatarsus. Joints two, three, 

 and four subequal and about as long as wide; together about equal 

 to the fifth ; the first joint is scarcely twice as long as wide. 



The metatarsi are about one-half as long as a metatibia. Joints 

 two and three are subequal and distinctly longer than wide, together 

 subequal to the fourth; the first is scarcely as long as the fifth. 



ELEODES HISPILABRIS Say. 



Blaps liisiyiJahri.'i Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., Ill, 1823, p. 259; Amer. 

 Entomology, I, 1S24, p. 32. — LeConte, Complete ^Vl■itin.2;s of Thomas 

 Say, I, 1859, p. 32. 



Eleocles hisinlahris LeConte, Complete Writings of Thomas Say, II, 1859, 

 p. 152.— Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, .^IV, 1870, p. 313.— Cham- 

 pion, Biol. Centr.-Amer., IV, Pt. 1, 1884, p. 79. 



Eleodes sulcata LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, p. 67 ; 1858, 

 p. 181. 



Eleodes lecontei Gemminger, Coleopt. Hefte, VI, 1870, p. 122 (new name). 

 . Eleodes connexa LeConte, Reports of Explor. and Survey, . . . 47th and 

 49th parallel, XII, Pt. 3, 1857, p. 49. 



Eleodes nuitta LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18.58, p. 183. 



Eleodes oompositus Casey, Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., VI, Nov., 1891, p. 58. 



Elongate ovate, somewhat shining, more or less convex and sulcate ; 

 color black, frequently reddish along the suture. 



Head about twice as wide as long, feebly convex, finely and not 

 densely punctate, feebly impressed laterally. Antennm long, mod- 

 erate in stoutness, reaching to the prothoracic base, outer four joints 

 slightly compressed and noticeably dilated; third joint equal in 

 length to the fourth and fifth combined, fourth a little longer than 

 the fifth, the latter, sixth, and seventh subequal, eighth equilaterally 

 triangular in outline, ninth and tenth transversely oval, eleventh 

 irregularly ovate to subtrapezoidal. 



Pronotum widest at about the middle, about one-fifth to less than 

 one-third wider than long, and less than twice as wide as the head ; 

 disc smooth and more or less shining, qiiite evenly and moderately 

 convex, more or less declivous at the apical angles, finely, sparsely, 

 and quite evenly punctate, very narrowly opaque and granulate later- 

 ally; apex more or less feebly and broadly emarginate, finely beaded 

 laterally and obsoletely so at middle ; sides broadly and evenly arcuate 

 anteriorly, converging and more or less straight posteriorly, or 

 slightly sinuate before the basal angles, finely to rather coarsely 



