CURCULlON 1I>,K — CI ItcniLlON I N l-: — lAU K 1 1 1 M M. KJ I 



tlilnl and fourth toyx-tluT, tlic siitiii-cs straij^lit ti> the inarf^iii. I'lulcr siir- 

 t'acc punctate hkc the thorax, hut somewhat more finely. 



Lengtli, exekuHuj^- rostrum, (i"""; ]iei<;ht, 2-4"""; leii-tli ..f rlytra, 4r."""; 

 of rostrum, 3-(J""". 



It bears a close ycucial resemblauve to JUdnninus Jiexirosttis from the 

 same beds. 



Florissant, Colorado. (_)ne specimen, No. 7GG1. 



EKYCU8 Tourni.r. 



This genus is principallv European, lialf a dozen species being- known 

 there, of which one is also found in Noith America, together with an aildi- 

 tional species found in the northernmost United States and northward. 

 Flach figures two of the European species as founil in the Pleistocene 

 deposits of Ilosbacli, IJavaria, and a single fo.ssil species has been found at 

 Florissant. The Hosbach s[)ecimens are known principally by their elytra, 

 that of E. acrkluhis being not unlike ours, Init the i)roportious of the thorax 

 are widely different, and (tur fossil is a nnich larger species. 



ErYC'I'S HREVnoLLIS. 



PI. II, Fig. 111. 



Head feebly and not linely punctured; eye large, transversely broad 

 ovate and pointed beneath, situated low down at the base of the rostrum, 

 which is twice as long as the prothorax, strongly and regularly arcuate 

 I'l-othorax half as high again as long (in this respect disagreeing with Ery- 

 cus), regularly arched above, with broad an<l rather full l)ut not very distinct 

 postocular lobes, the surface closely and distinctly punctate. Elytra gradu- 

 allv tapering in the apical half, the humeri rounded, stria- with long (pnidrate 

 ap])roxiniate punetui'es, the inters]iac.es feebly ))unctate. Legs nuich as in 

 our /•-'. /iiincficoUis LeC-., l)ut with less aliniptlx clavalc tliiiihs, not toothed, 

 the apix-arance of a tootli on the fore femora licing an accident ol preser- 

 vation. 



Length, excluding rostrum, (;-2"""; rostrum, 3-2r)""": elytra, 4-7f)"""; height 

 of body, 3"'"'. 



Florissant, Colora<lo. < )ne specimen, No. 1()05>:<. 



