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ELEODES LONGICOLLIS LeConte. 



Eleodcs longicoIU.s LeConte, Ann. lij-c. Nat. Hist. N. Y., V., 1S51, p. 134; 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1S5S, p. 181. — Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. 



Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 311.— Champion, Biol. Cent.-Amer., IV, Pt. 1, 1884. 



p. 84. 

 Eleodes Jiaydcnii LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1858, p. ISG. 



Elongate to elongate-fusiform, black, the elytra often more or less 

 reddish, smooth and shining. 



Head t^Yice as wide as long, more or less moderately convex, finely 

 and quite evenly punctate, the punctures becoming slightly denser at 

 the sides. Antenna^ moderately stout, about reaching to the base of 

 the prothorax; outer five joints very feebly colnpressecl and scarcely 

 dilated; third joint about as long as the next two taken together; 4-7, 

 inclusive, subequal and nearly cylindrical; eighth triangular; ninth 

 and tenth suborbicular ; eleventh ovate. 



Pronotum widest at the middle and about one-seventh wider than 

 long; disc quite evenly convex, the convexitj^ strongest transversely, 

 slight antero-posteriorly, evenly and rather sparsely ])unctulate, punc- 

 tures not denser laterally; apex feebly emarginate or truncate in cir- 

 cular arc, very finely margined; sides quite evenly arcuate through- 

 out when viewed from above, slightly converging to apex, finely 

 margined ; hase more or less arcuate, feebly and very broadly sinuate 

 at middle, rather finely margined, about one-fourth wider than the 

 apex and equal to the length; apical angles not prominent anteriorly, 

 obtuse but not rounded; basal angles obtuse and more or less feebly 

 rounded. 



Proyleurm smooth, obsoletely punctate and sometimes slightly 

 rugulose. 



Elytra elongate to broadly oval, widest at the middle; huse trun- 

 cate and feebly bisinuate, usually equal in width to the contiguous 

 prothoracic base; humeri obtuse and not prominent; sides evenly 

 arcuate, apex feebly produced and rounded; disc convex, frequently 

 broadly depressed, suture also occasionally impressed, arcuately 

 declivous posteriorly; surface finely, irregularly and evenly punctate, 

 frequently with closely placed series of punctures, the intervals with 

 a more or less irregular series, punctures rarely denser at the sides 

 and apex, never asperate. 



E pi'pleuroi moderately wide at the humeri, gradually narrowing to 

 apex ; surface sparsely and rather evenly punctate. 



Sterna and para'pleuTcti more or less irregularly punctate and 

 rugose. 



Ahdomen horizontal; surface finely, sparsely or obsoletely punctate, 

 punctures denser at the periphery of the fifth segment, more or less 

 rugulose. 



