Journal of Agricultural Research . racters donot apparently show any racialdifferentiation. Male.—Edeagophore of theusual oblong-ovate form. Basale oblong, scarcely arched,and may be sparsely punctatelaterally at apex. Apicak radier broadly triangu-lar, moderately depressed, sur-face more strongly convex api-cally, with a median membranousgroove in apical half; sides ratherstraight to slightly arcuate; apexscarcely produced and more orless deflexed, subacute; basebroadly lobed at middle, and sin-uate laterally. Sternite transverse. Each lobe\\ith the external border more orless evenly arcuate,
Journal of Agricultural Research . racters donot apparently show any racialdifferentiation. Male.—Edeagophore of theusual oblong-ovate form. Basale oblong, scarcely arched,and may be sparsely punctatelaterally at apex. Apicak radier broadly triangu-lar, moderately depressed, sur-face more strongly convex api-cally, with a median membranousgroove in apical half; sides ratherstraight to slightly arcuate; apexscarcely produced and more orless deflexed, subacute; basebroadly lobed at middle, and sin-uate laterally. Sternite transverse. Each lobe\\ith the external border more orless evenly arcuate, and the inter-nal short and straight to feebly arcuate, with apex rounded; surface densely punctateand setose in apical two-thirds, setae quite long and not extending upon the membraneacross the sinus; the latter nearly closed by the same. The lobes internally at baseand cephalad to the sinus are rendered semicircularly sinuate by an interlobar trans-versely oval membranous area, the membrane of which is frequently transversely. Fig. 3.—Adult of Eleodes suturalis. dorsal view. 558 Journal of Agricultural Research voi. n LIFE HIvSTORY AND DEVELOPMENT The insect hibernates in the adult stage beneath piles of rubbish, grass,weeds, and refuse, or buried in soft sandy soil, and in the burrows of smallmammals; it also hibernates in the larval stage, buried deeply in the the latitude of southern Kansas the adult is abroad in the fields depos-iting eggs in early spring, and is present in the fields until late of the adults have been known to live two or three years. The egg isdeposited in soft loose soil at a depth of about three-fourths of an inch toI inch. Frequently from 10 to 60 eggs are found in a single nest. The egghatches in from 8 to 10 days, depending on the moisture and temperature,and the young larva a short time thereafter begins to feed ver) activelyupon vegetable tissue and roots in the soil. Where development occursunder favorable wea
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