100 TEETTATJY RHYNCHOrHOROUR COLEOPTERA. 



in ;im' ot Our liviny s|)ccics, mid I can jilso discover no iiitcrior tootli on the 

 tore t\*nior;i, tlic oid\' ]iaii' |ircsci'\('d. Tlie hoad is small and nearly smooth, 

 tlie rostrum (■onsi(h-ral)lv and regularly arcviate, two-tliinls as long- as tlie 

 elytra, neither ]>unctured nor striate, lint a})parently smooth; scape of an- 

 tenna' just failing to i-each the l)ase of tlie rostrinn, the funicle alone as long' 

 as the scape, its first joint as long as the second and third together, the 

 others suheqixal, the sei'ond and third e([ual, the clul) ovate and rather stout. 

 I'rothorax fully lialf as high again as long, tapering with very full sides, 

 ver^' fainth' and profusely puuctulate. Elytra very faintly ])unctato-striate. 

 Fore femora very stout, l)eing justljeyond tlie middle nearly half as wide 

 as long; til)ia' moderately slender, scarcely arcuate, scarcely longer than 

 the prothorax. 



Length, excluding rostrum, .'')-(j"""; rostrum, 2-0 """; elytra, 4"""; height 

 of body, •2-4™". 



Florissant, Colorado. One s})ecimen. No. 19(S7. 



GRYPIDIUS Sch.inherr. 



This genus as now known contains oidy three north European species, 

 of which two are conunon to the northern jiarts of North America. A single 

 fossil species is known, and comes from Florissant. 



GrYI'IDII'S I'URVIROSTRIf 



PI. VI, Fig. 1. 



A single specimen rejiresents a species a little lai-ger than the wide 

 spread G. eqiiisffi (Faltr.) and with a nmch more strongly «-ur\-ed snout. The 

 head is exceedingly short, huried in the thorax, the eye small, circular, 

 with a smaller diameter than the rostrum; the latter more than twice as long 

 as the head and thorax together, all but the basal fourth Aery strongly 

 arcuate, moderately slender; sc-ape reaching the base of the snout, its point of 

 insertion uncertain but apparently just before the apical third, the funicle 

 and club together api)arently about half the length of the ro.strum. Thorax 

 well rounded, rapidly taj^ering so as to be almost demioval, higher at the 

 base than long, densely and rather finely punctate. Elytra rather elongate 

 with punctate stria;. Second abdominal segment scarcely longer than the 



