REVISION OF ELEODIINI BLAISDELL. " 505 



the label s'nniUs — one a broad form, single specimen from Europe, 

 and the other an elongate slender form, of which some are labeled 

 " Md." 



A study of the genitalia of Blaps and their careful com])arison 

 with typical forms of the genitalia of /iJIcode.s, Emhaphion, and 

 EleodimorpJui leaves no doubt in my mind that they are not in any 

 way directly related and that it is absolutely necessary to erect a 

 new tribe {Eleodiiiu) to receive our species. No species of the Blap- 

 t'lni {Blaptidce) ^ except Blaps^ has yet been discovered in the United 

 States fauna. 



With BJapH eliminated from the Eleodiini the tribe becomes com- 

 posed of homogeneous elements, with possibly the exception of 

 TrogJodenis^ as I could not study the genitalia in all points of detail 

 for scarcity of material. 



APPENDIX. 



In Ma}'^, 1908, there appeared in the Bulletin of the Department 

 of Geology, Vol. 5, No. 12, of the California University in Berkeley, 

 a paper on the Quaternary Myriopods and Insects of California, by 

 Fordyce Grinnell, jr. 



In this paper the author recorded seven species of Elcodes^ three 

 being described as neAv, all having been taken from asphalt beds at 

 Rosemary, near Los Angeles, California. They are supposedly the 

 fossil remains of recent or older species. These are the fossils 

 referred to on page 29 of this monograph. 



I had the pleasure of identifying the species for Mr. Grinnell. 

 The following is a list of the species: 



Eleodes acuticauda LeConte, also the punctate form; Eleodes 

 acut'iecvida var. laticollis, Eleoden consohnna LeConte. 



The following were described as new : Eleodes (subgenus Eleodes) 

 elongata Grinnell; Eleodes hehrii Grinnell and Intermedia Grinnell. 

 The last two belong to the subgenus Blapylis. 



In order to more fully correlate these new forms with the more 

 recent forms considered in the present monograph, I carefully 

 reexamined the types and record the following facts: 



All of the specimens are very brittle, deep black in color, and shin- 

 ing; they appear as if the asphalt had exerted some chemical effect 

 upon them that to a certain extent had modified the structural 

 details. 



These specimens are interesting and present some points of struc- 

 ture and sculpturing w^hich can not be correctly described until a 

 larger or more perfect series shall have been collected. 



The heads, pronota, and appendages are missing from all the speci- 

 mens, and the elytra alone can not tell the whole story. 



