fl K'CI |,|()Ml).h' — CriM TI.IONIN.K. S.') 



lonu-, suba('nmin;it(> at tip, tlio striiv sliarp, sk'ndcr, and ratlicr dccj), witli 

 very iniimtc, very distant, and faintlv iniprossed, and tlicrcf'nrc inconspicn- 

 (lus iiuncta, till' interspaces sinootli and l)r(>adl\ loundcd. l>cgs rather 

 linvj;, tlie femora nutderately clavate at ti]), the til)i;r slender and erpial. 



I.e^^■th, exchiding- rostrum, 'S'li')"""; rostrum, ]■:.'.')"""; elvtra, l'-')"""; 

 Iiei-ht ofluxly, 2?""". 



Ivoan inouutaius, western (Joloradn. frcnu the richest Iieils at suuuuit t.f 

 bluHs overh)okin<^- tlie liead of East Salt creek. One specimen, N'os. 102!) 

 and lO.'iO, l'. S. Geological Sin-\ey. 



Apion kkkrknatum. 

 I'l. V, Fi- 7. 



A relatively slender t'orm, larj;-est in the middle ul' tlie elvtra, nuich as 

 in Smith's fifth section. Head aliout twice as hioh as lono- taneriu"- verv 

 rjpiilly, witli arcuate sides, behind (hdicately and transversely striate; eve 

 circuhu', i-arher lari;-e, situateil in the middle nf the head (a little too far tur- 

 ward in the figure) and but little sejjarated from the front edge of the jini- 

 thorax, the facets abiMit 0(11.")""" in diameter; l)eak nearl\- as long as the 

 heail anil pi-uili(irax together, slender and eipial, gcntl\- arcuate throughout. 

 Tiiorax much higher than long, tapering a little, with slightly rounded sides, 

 the siu-face rr.ther coarsely punctate. Klytra rather elongate, full\- t\\ ice as 

 long as broad, not very arcuate except at the extreme ])osterior portion, 

 with heavy, very faintly and rather coarsel}' [lunctate stria'. Legs moder- 

 ately long and rather slender, the fenima not greatly enlarged. 



Length, excluding rostrum, •_»•."•""" ; rostium. 0(;5""" ; elytra 2"""; height 

 of l)odv, l-2r)""". 



There is some resemblance between thi.s species and A. sHkatum Fiirster, 

 from the OHgocene of lirunstatt. 



Florissant, Colorado. ( )ne specimen. No. 505. 



Subfamily CURCULIONINyE. 



'i'lic bulk of fossil (Jurculioni(be natui-all\- fall into this snbfamilv, bv far 

 the most important in the existing fainia. All the larger tril)es of the sub- 

 family found to-day in America occur in the Tertiary rocks of our West, and 



