<)Ti<»i;iiVN< nil) r. — knoiim. 55 



tluir iiciuli'i'ii's 1(\- ratluT mure rli:ni tlicir nw n Inij^ili. 'i'lic wlmlc is of a 

 unitorm lilnckisli oi- l)liickisli hruw;) cnlnr. 



Length, excludinfi- rostrum, 77""": oi' liciid iiiid nistnim, •_';5"""; of au- 

 teniur. 4-_"""': of elytra, 5-5""'"; lieij^lit of body, .•{ 



Florissant, Colorado. Seven specimens, Nos. 1 (>').'?, ')i)^i) and 703."), 

 6.'i43, SloT f, n-_'7() and IIWVA. 1 1 7f».S ami 12048. l.-JOlf). 



EVOPES OCCUBATUS. 

 I'l. II, Kiys. 7, If,. 



Form as in the other species. Head, includinji' rostnnn, and prothorax 

 finely, similarly, and nniformly beaded (or ])unctnred), the sculptmv dis- 

 tinct and .sharp. Head and rostrum consideraljly lonj^er than the thorax, 

 the latter scarcely or not at all stt)uter than the fore femora. Prothorax 

 luLlln T than long, scarcely arched above, tapcriiii:' distiiu-tK- torward, tnni- 

 catc at each extremity. Elytra shape<l as in E. roimtfiis, the striaj .slender 

 and sliii-htl\' im])rt'ss('d, tlu- i)Uiictiircs delicate, much siiiallei" than in the 

 other species, but deeply impressed and in \ irtue nnl\- of their lesser size 

 .separated by wider intervals; elytra clothed Avith linear series of hairs, 

 apjiarently arising- from the ]mnctnres, nearl\- as lony as the interspaces- 

 Color as in the other species. 



Length, excluding' rostrum, 7"""; of head and rostrum, 2"""; of elvtra, 

 T) ■;")""" 



Florissant, Colorado. Four .specimens, Nos. 486, 81)70, 1177l', and in 

 tlie Princeton College collection. No. l..')9l?. 



OMILEl'S ll,.rn. 



This monot\j)ic genus is known at present only in Texas, and it is 

 interesting therefore^ to find a fossil form at Florissant. 



Omileu.s evamihs. 



PI. II, Fig. 14. 



Head and rostrum longer than tin' protliorax, the surface smooth or 

 nearly so, Imt the rostrum longitudinally sulcate and stout, niiich stouter 

 than the fore femora: scape uf antiima; barely reaching the middle of the 



