Dox'sal plate rather broad, not more than thi-ee times as 

 long as wide 



I 



REVISION OF ELEODIINI BLAISDELL. 311 



Females, 



Superior pudendal membrane long, attaining the apical fourth of the dorsal 

 plate. 

 Apical margin of the dorsal plate not defined from the apex; appendage 



flattened mammilliform and snbapical tibialis. 



Apical margin usually well defined from the apex and more or less arcuate; 

 appendage true mammilliform and more at base of the apex. 



lecontei. 



snoicii. 



tenebrosa. 



inculta. 



consobrina. 



hlanehardii. 



ncotomw. 



fuchsii. 



hormi. 



Dorsal plate elongate, four times as long as wide l ' "^' '' 



[scabrosa. 



Apical margin of dorsal plate not well defined from the apex, fparvicollis. 



the latter more frequently semichitinous \lioppingii. 



Superior pudendal membrane short, attaining the middle of the dorsal plate. 

 Apical margin of the dorsal plate more or less truncate; anglei cordata. 



evident and more or less rounded ; appendage at base of a[)exJypimelioides. 



Casey i is aberrant. In the male the apicale is grooved and in the 

 female the superior pudendal membrane is long, attaining the base 

 of the apex. The material is not sufficient to indicate the relation- 

 ships. 



ANALYTICAL KEY TO SPECIES OF SUBGENUS BLAPYLIS. 



Lateral marginal bead of prothorax always distinct and entire, attain- 

 ing the basal angles 1 



Lateral marginal bead more or less obsolete on basal constriction 5 



1. Thorax transversely suboblong-oval, lateral margins feebly or not at all 



sinuate at base i 2 



Thorax quadrate, not at all sinuate at base; form very elongate and de- 

 pressed; surface smooth and shining tibialis. 



2. Surface more or less shining 3 



Surface opaque; elytra sculptured with small granules, densely and irregu- 

 larly placed. 



Size larger, length 14-18.5 mm. ; granules shining and rounded-tcnebrosa. 



Size smaller, length 10-12 mm.; granules coarser and submuricate 



laterally, more evidently setigerous i, var. nana. 



3. Thorax moderately transverse, sides rather strongly rounded 4 



Thorax distinctly transverse, sides very feebly arcuate, scarcely sinuate at 



base ; form robust inculta. 



4. Sculpturing rather finely muricato-granulate laterally ; sides of the pro- 



notum evenly rounded from apex to base, sometimes briefly sinuate at 



base ; form elongate snowii. 



Sculpturing more coarsely muricato-granulate ; pronotum briefly, feebly, and 

 broadly sinuate at base; elytra flattened (or convex) on the dorsum; 

 surface dull lecontei. 



