ELEODES ROTUNDIPENNIS 217 



Eleodes rotimdipennis Lee. Recent studies demand that rotundi- 

 pennis be raised from the grade of variety to that of a valid species, with 

 the following brief diagnosis : Pronotal sides evenly and broadly rounded 

 (as in parvicollis), basal constriction short and the angles rectangular. 

 Otherwise as in cor data Esch. It should follow scabrosa Lee. and precede 

 cordata in our lists. For further remarks see the author's Monograph of 

 the Eleodiini (Bull. 63, U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Habitat. Oregon (Koebele) ; British Columbia (Victoria and North 

 Bend. Hubbard and Schwarz) ; State of Washington (Easton and 

 Olympia). 



Eleodes rotundipennis versatilis, new variety. Form elongate sub- 

 oblong, not strongly convex and a little more than twice as long as wide. 

 Color piceous to deep black, more or less shining. Pronotum rather 

 strongly and moderately coarsely punctate, punctures irregularly dis- 

 tributed, leaving small smooth areas ; disk flat between punctures. Elytra 

 muricato-tuberculate, scarcely rugose. 



Head feebly convex, rather closely punctate, punctures rather less 

 than moderate and more or less evenly distributed; impressions broad, 

 shallow and within the antennal prominences. Antennae rather long, 

 slightly incrassate ; ninth and tenth joints slightly transverse, eleventh sub- 

 trapezoidal. 



Pronotum rather transversely oblong, moderately and evenly convex, 

 widest at middle ; disk quite evenly convex, punctures more or less dis- 

 crete, moderate in size and distinct, irregular in distribution, leaving small 

 glabrous areas, slightly denser laterally and feebly subasperate, intervals 

 flat; sides rather evenly and broadly arcuate in anterior five-sixths, sud- 

 denly constricted at base, where the sides are straight and parallel, mar- 

 ginal bead fine; apex feebly emarginate in a circular arc; apical angles 

 obtuse and not in the least prominent ; base truncate, equal to the apex ; 

 basal angles rectangular. 



Propleura opaque, sparsely and muricately punctate. 



Elytra distinctly oblong-oval, moderately convex, widest in the middle 

 third; base truncate, scarcely wider than the pronotum, humeri distinct 

 and obtusely rounded; sides evenly and not strongb/ arcuate, obliquely 

 converging to apex in apical third, apex obtusely rounded ; disk arcuately 

 declivous at apex, evenly and not very closely muricately punctate but not 

 strongly so, punctures becoming quite tuberculate laterally and on apex, 

 tubercles shining at summit. 



Abdomen rather strongly and densely punctate, except on the fourth 

 and fifth segments, which are finely punctate. 



Legs moderate in length ; anterior femora mutic as usual in the sub- 

 genus. Anterior and middle tarsi dissimilar in the sexes. 



