REVISION OF ET.EODIINT — BLATSDELL. 267 



The mesotarsi are about equal in length to a metatarsus. First 

 four joints apparently subequal and just a little longer than wide; 

 joints two to four, inclusive, together a little longer than the fifth. 



The metatarsi are a little less than a half as long as their metatilDise. 

 Joints two and three subequal and distinctly longer than wide, and 

 together shorter than the fourth ; first joint the least bit longer than 

 the second. 



ELEODES MILITARIS Horn. 

 Eleodcs iiiilitaris Horn, Trans. Amcr. I'hil. Soc, XIV, 1870. p. 310. 



Elongate oval, moderately shining and convex. 



Bead twice as wide as long, usually moderately convex, and more 

 or less impressed about the eyes, not coarsely and rather sjiarsely 

 punctate at middle, punctures becoming denser at the periphery. 

 Antenmv moderate, outer four joints feebly or not at "all dilated, 

 slightly compressed, third joint nearly twice as long as the fourth, 

 the latter subequal to the fifth, sixth, and seventh individually, the 

 latter and eighth about as wide as long, ninth and tenth suborbicular, 

 eleventh truncate ovate. 



Prdnoticm subquadrate, wildest at the middle, a fifth to a third 

 wider than long; disc evenly and rather strongly convex, more or 

 less declivous laterally at apex, finely and evenly punctate, punctures 

 but slightly denser at the sides ; apex rather deeply emarginate, finely 

 margined ; sides evenly and moderately arcuate, scarcely oblique 

 posteriorly or at times converging to base, finely margined; hase 

 truncate or feebly arcuate and not very coarsely margined ; apical 

 angles acute, not dentiform and moderately advanced, or rarely sub- 

 dentiform and feebly everted ; basal angles obtuse and not jDrominent. 



Proplctira' smooth, with a few scattered punctures posteriorly and 

 on the acetabular convexities, more or less rugulose. 



Elytra elongate oval, smooth, moderately attenuated behind, widest 

 at the middle; hase subtruncate or feebly emarginate, and equal to 

 the contiguous base of the prothorax ; humeri subobtuse, not rounded 

 nor prominent ; sides evenly arcuate, apex more or less produced and 

 rather narrowly rounded; disc strongl}' convex, gradually arcuately 

 declivous behind; svrface finely punctate, punctures arranged in dis- 

 tant unimpressed series, those of each series rather closely placed, 

 intervals with a single series of distantly placed punctures, p>unctua- 

 tion becoming denser and irregular at the sides and apex. 



Epiplura rather wide and gradually narrowing from base to 

 apex; surface smooth and obsoletely punctate. 



Sterna not densely and more or less coarsely punctate ; prosternum 

 anteriorly finely and sparsely punctate and more or less transversely 

 rugulose. 



Parapleurce moderately sparsely and not coarsely punctate. 



