391 Coleopterological Notices. 



Eyes emarginate anteriorly, coarsely faceted, the facets separated by coarse, 

 and very strongly elevated carina? ; epipleurre imperfect, wide near the 

 base, very narrow near the apex and completely obsolete in the middle. 



"Leichenum 

 Anterior tibia? very short, broadly triangular, not dentate and devoid of denti- 

 form process. 

 Eyes well developed, not emarginate, the lenses separated by narrow, acute 

 and very strongly elevated carina? ; epipleura? completely obsolete through- 

 out Ciiemepflatia 



Ey.'S obsolete, represented by a small deep fovea on the subacute lateral 

 margin near the base, the bottom of the fovea apparently sensitive; epi- 

 pleurje very faintly defined near the base only Alaildes 



By this arrangement the Pimeliini and Pedinini are entirely, and 

 the Eulabini and Opatrumini chiefly, characteristic of the eastern 

 hemisphere, while the XJpini and Tenebrionini are most numerous 

 in the western world. The Amphidorini are peculiar to western 

 ]STorth and South America, while the Blaptini, Scaurini and Leich- 

 enini are almost equally represented in the eastern and western 

 continents. 



ELEODES Esch. 



The genera of Blaptini are closely allied and, in general, mutually 

 distinguishable only by some single structural difference; even this 

 is not always of definite and unequivocal value. The European 

 Prosodes, for example, is extremely close to Eleodes and differs, as 

 far as can be clearly perceived, only in the strong compression of 

 the four posterior tarsi. Guaptor differs only in the complete ex- 

 tinction of one of the spurs of the anterior tibia? and the abnormal . 

 development of the remaining one, a character which the casual 

 study of our species of Eleodes will tend to prove of doubtful im- 

 portance. I think, also/that it will be found difficult to state any 

 absolutely constant difference between the females of Blaps and 

 Eleodes. It is true that the mentum varies, but in this respect the 

 difference in the form of this organ among the various species of 

 Eleodes, is vastly greater than that between Blaps mortisaga and 

 Eleodes suluralis. The form of the mentum is in fact of very little 

 value in this tribe, or indeed in many others of the Tenebrionidae, 

 as an examination of the species of Eulabis or the sexes of TJloma 

 will amply demonstrate. 



Before describing several distinct forms of Eleodes which have 



