OOLEOPTEEA EHTNCHITID2B. 4- 1 



specimens arc composed <>i traii'menls of dvtra, and tin- onlv specimens 



wliidi an- preserved entire an- such as give a dorsal or ventral aspect. 



r rhese, however, are enough to show that thev belong to a species do-dv 

 allied to luit distinct t'roin the preceding, differing principally in its smaller 

 .M/.C, its slender and more tapering; roMrum, the smaller circnl.-.r eyes, and 



in the sliglitly more distant and rather more deepl) impressed striae of the 



dvtra 'The following measnremi-nts will i^ive a better understanding t 



the de^n f ditleiviice between them in certain point>: 



Length of bodv exclusive of rostrum, .Y" : " : lireadth of same, _.! 

 width of rostrum at \ i:\o-, 0.48 mm ; diameter of eyes, 0.28 : distance apart 

 of the dvtral stria', 0.1 <-(). _'()""": (iistance ;ipart of punctures in the stria'. 



o.ir 



Green River, \Yvomin<r. Numerous specimens. 



Family RHYNCHITID^E LeConte. 

 EU<:XAMlTrs Schonherr. 



Kn;\ \Mi'i rs (,I;A.\]I.I:\ as. 



PI. S, Fitf. L'lt. 

 Sitone* grandarrut Scudil., liu'.l. 1'. S. Geol. Ur.^r. Surv. T. rr.. II. - t-8 I 1-: 



A single specimen, verv poorlv jirescrved, was found li\ Mr. Kichard- 

 son on Green River, at the crossing of the I'nioii Pacific Railroad, and at 

 the first description of the species this \vas all that wa- at hand. Little 

 could lie seen in it except a xa^ue outline of the form of the hodv. with a 

 liroken rostrum : the eye was lar^ 1 '. olio\ ate, longitudinally disposed, o. !_"""' 

 IOIILT and o _'.">'" '" Kroail : the elvtra were furni>hed with a numlier o*' slight, 

 slender, raised ridi;e<, O.,".!""" apart, probably the iv, f Striffi. 



Two more specimens obtained at the same spot hv Profs. Packard and 



I , ami in better condition, show that it prohahlv lieloii-- to Eugnampl 



though it dill'ers from that ^eims in the extreme feebleness oi thedytral 

 striation which N bareh perceptible; \t punctures are di>ceniilile, luit 

 instead th elytra are sparse! v clothed \\ith exceedingly ddicate slmrt hairs. 



The beak is slender and from in front of the eye about as long as the thoi 



it. as well as the rot of the head, faintlv snbscabroiis, while the thorax is 

 very delicately and shallowlv piuictnlate, so as to appear almost smooth, 

 with a >hort delicate hair from each depression, 

 vol. xni :il 



