338 BULLETIN 63, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



In the female tlie second se^ient is equal in length to the process; 

 the third is equal to that of the post-coxal part of the first and about 

 a third longer than the fourth. 



The tarsi are moderate in length and more or less stout. 

 Tarsal fornuda : 



Pro. Meso. Meta. Metatibia. 



Ma le. — 2i 3^ 4 6 



Female.— 2 2f 3J 5i 



ELEODES SCABRIPENNIS LeConte. 



Eleodes scahripcnni.''i LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Soi. Pliila., 1S59, p. 77, 

 female.— Horn, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, p. 315. 



The original description is as follows : 



"Atra, ovata, subnitida, thorace latitudine paulo breviore, subqiiadrato, lateri- 

 bns rotundatis, postice seusim paulo angustato, angulis posticis obtusis dense 

 punctato, ad latera subasperato, elytris ovalibus, thorace latioi'ibus, dorso parum 

 convexis, postice valde declivibus. gianulis parvis iuordinatis dense exaspei'atis, 

 et versus suturam punctatis, tibiis mutieis, prosterno postice oblique submu- 

 cronato, antenuis extrorsum parum iucrassatis. Long. .65." 



Hahitat. — California (Fort Tejon). 



Dk((/no.sfic characters. — ]\Ir. Blanchard writes me that the type is 

 a robust female, with the following remarks upon the same: Stout, 

 convex. Thorax convex, wider than long, sides very briefly siniuite 

 at hind angles, coarsely, densely punctate, more closely and asperately 

 on sides, base margined ; flanks opaque, rather closely and distinctly 

 granulate. Elytra convex, sides strongly rounded, coarsely granu- 

 late; epipleur?e broad, sparsely granulate, antennae rather stout, 

 joints 4-7 subelongate, 8th scarcely longer than wide. 



LeConte compares it with vcsey'u saying that it has the same 

 sculpturing and size, but differing by the thorax being nnich less 

 rounded on the sides, by the posterior angles not being at all promi- 

 nent. 



I have not seen a single specimen in the material at hand which I 

 could refer to this sj)ecies, and personally I have no idea of its habitus. 

 Fortunately I can rely upon the observations of such careful workers 

 as Mr. Blanchard and Professor Fall. 



Mr. Blanchard has compared all likely specimens with the type 

 at Cambridge and has failed to refer any examples to the present 

 species. For remarks upon inculta see p. 332. 



Professor Fall compared a series with the LeConte type and 

 labeled a male example as scabripennls. It was collected at Santa 

 Barbara, California. This specimen has the form of a male conso- 

 hrina, from which it differs no more than the males of that species 

 differ among themselves. The elytral sculpturing is more like sharp- 

 ened granules than tubercles, finer and dense, with punctures simple 

 each side of the suture; the pronotal punctuation is denser than in 



