WTCKHAM: new MIOCENE COLEOPTERA from FLORISSANT. 445 



Type — No. 2,495 M. C. Z. Florissant, Col. (No. 8,947 S. H. 

 Scudder Coll.). 



At first I had taken this insect to be an Epicauta, but that reference 

 is invalidated by the form of the eye. Further examination indicates 

 that it is allied to Podabrus and for the present I have placed it in that 

 genus. 



Telephorus HESPERUS, sp. nov. 

 Plate 4, fig. 3. 



Form moderately elongate. Color apparently yellowish, the sides 

 and sutural region of the elytra darker. Head of normal size. Eyes 

 (not shown in the type) rather small, rounded. Antennae slender, 

 long, not reaching the elytral tips, the joints not at all serrate. 

 Prothorax rounded at the sides and apex, broader than long. 

 Elytra subparallel, apices rounded, surface sculpture fine, about ob- 

 literated, without visible costae. Legs slender. Length of type, to 

 apex of elytra, 4.50 mm.; of other specimens, ranging to a little 

 over 5 mm. 



Described from six specimens. 



Type.— No. 2,496 M. C. Z. Florissant, Col. (No. 9,376 S. H. 

 Scudder Coll.). Other specimens are No. 2,497-2,501 M. C. Z. (No. 

 2,243, 5,065, 5,515, 6,048, 12,769 S. H. Scudder Coll.). 



A small species not unlike the recent North American T. scitulus 

 but probably with the elytral markings more distinct. In some of the 

 specimens of the fossil the elytral stripe is poorly defined, the one 

 chosen as the type and serving for the figure being the best marked. 



POLEMIUS CRASSICORNIS, Sp. nOV. 



Plate 4, fig. 4. 



Form fairlv stout. Head nearlv concealed. Antennae stout but 

 scarcely serrate, not quite reaching the middle of the elytra. Pro- 

 thorax rounded at sides and apex and slightly at the base. Elytra 

 covering the abdomen, apices rounded, sculpture obscure but with 

 faint signs of costae. Legs rather long and slender. Length, 8.40 

 mm. 



Described from one specimen. 



