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first segment is slightly shorter than the jjrocess; the second segment 

 is abont twice as long as the fonrth. 



In the male the third segment is about equal in length to that of the 

 process and about a third of its own length shorter than the second. 



In the female the second segment is about equal in length to the 

 process, and the third is about a fourth of its length shorter than the 

 second. 



The protarsi are about three-eighths (male) or a third (female) of 

 their length shorter than a mesotarsus. 



The mesotarsi are about fonr-elevenths (male) or a fourth of 

 their length shorter than a metatarsus. 



A metatarsus is about a third (male) or three-fifths of its length 

 shorter than its metatibia. 



ELEODES CORDATA Eschscholtz. 



Eleodcs cordata Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlns, III, 183.3, p. 12. — Manneeheim, 



Bull. Soc. Nat. IMoscow, XVI, 1843, p. 272. — LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Soi. Phila., 1858, p. 182.— Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Roc, XIV, 1870, 



p. 317. 

 Eleodes tuherciilata Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, III, 1833, p. 12. — Manner- 



HEiM, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow, XVI, 1843, p. 274. 

 Eleodes intricata Mannerheim, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow, XVI, 1843, p. 273. 

 Eleodes stricta LeConte, Reports of Explor. and Surveys. 47tli I*arallel, 



XII, Appendix No. 1, 1857, p. 50. 

 A-ar. rotundipennis, LeConte, Reports of Explor. and Surveys, 47tLi Para lie], 



XII, Appendix No. 1, 1857, p. 50. 



Moderately robust, subovate, more or less shining, about twice as 

 long as wide, prothorax strongly constricted at base, pronotum con- 

 fluently and very coarsely punctate; elytra rugosely muricato-tuber- 

 culate. 



Head about twice as wide as long, feebly convex, lateral impres- 

 sions not strongly marked, frontal suture not evident, very coarsely 

 and confluently punctate. Antennm moderate and somewhat stout, 

 outer four joints very feebly compressed and very slightly widened, 

 third joint equal in length to the next two combined, fourth scarcely 

 longer than the fifth, the latter to the eighth inclusive subequal, 

 eighth subtriangular, ninth transversely oval and frequently slightly 

 robust, tenth transversely oval, eleventh short ovate and usually 

 slightly smaller than either of the two preceding joints. 



Pronotum subcordate, about a half wider than long, widest at 

 about the middle; disc moderately convex, more or less declivous at 

 apical and basal angles, coarsely, densel}^, and more or less confluently 

 punctate, interstices more or less convex; a'peoa feebly emarginate 

 to truncate, obsoletely margined ; sides more strongly rounded in 

 front, narrowing rather suddenly behind the middle, causing them 

 to appear somewhat angulate, frequently more evenly arcuate to the 



