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fourth is at times very slightly longer than the second, all are wider 

 than long and together a little shorter than the fifth ; the first is about 

 as long as wide. 



The mesotarsi are about an eighth of their length shorter than a 

 metatarsus. Joints two, three, and four are subequal, scarcely longer 

 than wide and together slightly longer than the fifth; the first is 

 about one and a half times longer than wide. 



The metatarsi are slightly shorter than half the length of a meta- 

 tibia. Joints two and three are subequal and a little longer than 

 wide, together scarcely as long as the fourth, and noticeably longer 

 than the first. 



ELEODES TENUIPES Casey. 



Eleodes tenuipcs Casfa', Auu. N. Y. Acad. Sci., V. Nov., 1890, p. 399. 



Elongate-ovate, rather smooth and shining. Caudate. 



Head twice as wide as long, finely and sjjarsely punctate, very 

 slightly convex. Antennw moderate, scarcely compressed and not 

 dilated in outer four joints, third joint a little longer than the next 

 two taken together, fourtli just a trifle longer than the fifth, the lat- 

 ter to the eighth, inclusive, subequal, eighth subtriangular, ninth and 

 tenth suborbicular, eleventh ovate. 



Pronot\iiii quite quadrate, about a seventh wider than long, widest 

 just at or a little in advance of the middle; disc evenly and moder- 

 ately convex, minutely and very sparsely punctulate; ci'pex quite 

 truncate, more or less finely and obsoletely margined; sides quite 

 evenly and not strongly arcuate from base to apex, finely beaded; hose 

 broadly and very feebly arcuate, about equal to the apex and about 

 a sixth shorter than the length; apical angles very acute, small, denti- 

 form, and everted; basal angles obtuse, feebly or scarcely rounded. 



Propleura' quite smooth externally, more or less obsoletely punctate 

 and rugulose. 



Elytra elongate oval, widest at the middle; hase feebly emarginate, 

 and equal to the contiguous prothoracic base; humeri obtuse, not in 

 the least prominent ; sides evenly arcuate, apex more or less pro- 

 duced ; disc moderately convex on the dorsum, quite evenly rounded 

 laterally, arcuately and obliquely declivous behind, punctate, punc- 

 tures arranged in distant unimpressed rows of fine, simple, moder- 

 ately approximate punctures, the intervals each with a single series 

 of still finer and widely spaced ])unctures, which are generally simple, 

 but which laterally toward apex become very coarse sparse asperities. 



Epiplev7'(t' moderate in width beneath the liumeri, thence gradually 

 narrowing to apex, wliere it nai-rowly margins externally the infe- 

 rior sui-face of tlie elytral ])rol()ngation; surface smooth, sparsely and 

 very finely punctate toward apex. 



