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ness. The specimens of A. defossus examined give, however, a lateral view 

 and rendei comparison somewhat difficult. 



Green River, Wyoming. One specimen. No. 4^ ' Prof. L. A. Lee;. 



HYLOBIL'S Germar. 



HVLOBIUS PROVECTC8. 



PI. 8. Figs. 37. 41. 

 HgloXn prtnetmt Seadi, BelL V. S. GeaL Gtogr. Srr. Terr., IL 36 (ISC): H". 757 , 13T? L 



Tlie single specimen first found is very poorly preserved, being not 

 only fragmentary but faintly impressed: the rostrum is broken. - :;. -.: :t- 

 length can not be determined, but the general facies of the insect resembles 

 that of H. picivorus Germ, so closely that it must be referred to the same 

 genus. The rostrum is rather stout : the antennal scrobes are slender, and 

 commence not far bevond the eyes : the eves are verv large, transverse 

 obovate, with an interior clear space, as described in Epicaerus saiaiilis 

 Scudd., with verv small facets, scarcely U.U2*"* in diameter. The th>ras is 

 rather small, but apparently partially concealed by the way the specimen is 

 crushed, not verv tumid, and entirelv srnoth- The elvtra are of much the 

 same form as those of the species of Epicserus just mentioned, provid^-i 

 with slender, shallow, impressed lines, about 'X22 1 *" apan : the latter are 

 rather delicately punctured, the punctures a link- less distant from one 

 another than are the rows : the number of rows can not be determined from 

 this specimen. 



Length, exclusive of rostrum, o*" : length of broken rostrum. 0.45" : 

 of eyes, 0.9* : breadth of same, 0.44* : length of elytra, 4". , 



Another specimen, taken by Mr. Bowditch at the same locality as the 

 other, shows the character of the rostrum. The specimen is strangelv pre- 

 served, as there appears to be a second rostrum, a perfect counterpart of 

 the first, attached to it at the tip : perhaps tliis belongs to another indi- 

 vidual, of which the rostrum only b preserved. The rostrum is about as 

 long as the thorax, scarcelv tapering as viewed laterally, gently curved, 

 with a median, lateral, lon^itu linal groove, directed toward the middle of 

 the eye, just as in H. c.>nfusus Kirb.. besides the antennal scrobe*. which 

 are Jir.xrtetl .v toward its base. 



