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subeqimlj wider than long, and together about ec^iial to the fifth ; tlie 

 first but little longer than the second. 



The mesotarsi are about a sixth of their lengtli shorter than a meta- 

 tarsus. Joints two, three, and four are subequal and about as long 

 as wide, together a little longer than the fifth; the first is about as 

 long as wide. 



The metatarsi are just a little more than a third as long as a meta- 

 tibia. Joints two and three subequal, just a little longer than wide, 

 together subequal to the fourth and a little longer than the first. 



ELEODES MILITARIS var. FEMORATA LeConte. 



Eleodcs fcmonita LeConte, Aim. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., V, 1851, p. 134; 

 rroc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 181.— Horn, Trans. Amer. Tliil. 

 Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 311. 



Elongate ov;\h more or less shining, smooth and convex. 



Head rather snuill, twice as wide as long, moderately convex, obso- 

 letel}^ impressed laterally and along the frontal suture; rather finely 

 but not densely punctate, punctures slighth^ denser at the sides. 

 Antenna' moderate, feebly compressed in outer five joints, very grad- 

 ually and very feebly dilated, third joint about e(iual in length to the 

 next two taken together, fourth just noticeably longer than the fifth, 

 the latter to the seventh, inclusive, subequal in length, the seventh 

 nearly quadrate, eighth as wide as long, ninth and tenth very feebly 

 transversely oval, eleventh subtrapezoidal. 



Pronotum widest at middle, slightly wider than long and nearly 

 twice as wide as the head; disc quite strongly and evenly convex, 

 finely and evenly punctulate; aj^ex broadly and feebly emarginate. 

 very finely beaded ; ddcs evenly, broadly and moderately arcuate 

 with a feeble tendency to become sinuate posteriorly, very finely 

 beaded ; hase A'ery feebly arcuate or truncate and finely beaded, about 

 a fourth wider than the apex and about equal to the length; apical 

 angles small, subacute, not prominent anteriorly, with a slight ten- 

 dency to eversion; basal angles obtuse, not rounded nor prominent. 



Pi'opleurcB smooth, obsoletely punctulate and more or less rugulose. 



Elytra oval, more or less gradually attenuated posteriorly, feebly 

 emarginate or truncate at base and equal in width to the base of the 

 prothorax; hinneri obtuse, not rounded nor prominent; sides evenly 

 arcuate, apex subacute; disc quite evenh' convex from side to side, 

 gradually and arcuately declivous posteriorly; surface finely and 

 irregularly but not densely punctate, punctures never impressed 

 and scarcely denser at the sides, frequently showing a serial arrange- 

 ment centrally, with the interstitial punctures distantly and irregu- 

 lar placed : suture on the apical declivity usually more or less im- 

 pressed. 



