CUliCULIONID/E — CUKCULIONIN.E — ANTHONOMIN I. 1 1 ;; 



smaller tliaii the width of the very slt'iider, gently arruato, eriiial beak, whieli 

 is as long- as the head and prnthorax together. I'rothdiax tapering t'nun the 

 base, more than half as high again as long, coarsely and unifunnh' punc- 

 tate. Elyti-;i ])un(tato-striate with feebly punctate inters))aces. 



Length, excluding beak, 3-75"'"'; beak, 125"""; height at thorax, 1-2"'"'; 

 at middle of abdomen, 2""". 



Florissaut, Colorado. Two specimens, Nos. 1416, 8G37. 



Antiionomus concu.ssus 

 PI. V, Figs. 4, 13. 



Body moderately stout, somewhat broader in middle of alidomcn than 

 elsewhere, the elytra moderately arched. Head rather small, aljout twice 

 MS liroad as long, finely punctulate, especially above; eye small, cii-cidar, 

 naiTower than the rather slender, equal, gently arcuate beak, which is Ijarely 

 shorter than the head and ])rothorax together. Prothorax coarsely and uni- 

 formly punctate, tapering from the base, about half as high again as long, 

 with full outline. Under sm-face very coarsely and distantly punctate. 

 Elytra nearly two and a half times as long as broad, rather heavily punctato- 

 striate, the interspaces punctate. 



Length, excluding rostrum, 4-25-5-2r)"'"'; rostrum, 11-1 -4"'"'; height at 

 prothorax, 1-4-1-75"""; at middle of elytra, 2-2o"'™. 



This species appears to vary considerabl)- in size, and I have given 

 measurements of extreme individuals. 



Floiis.sant, Colorado. Nine specimens, Nos. 5512, G375, 7IJ85, 7095, 

 8425, 8732, %2'J, 11297, 14163. 



Anthonomus arctus. 



PI. V, Fig. 10. 



Body stout, much broader in midillc of alidomen than elsewhere, the 

 elytra having a rapid posterior slope. Head tapering, subcorneal, nearly as 

 long as wide, the surface distinctly though finely punctate, but transversely 

 and very finely striate beneath; eye pretty small, circular, about the diameter 

 of the very .slender, almost or quite straight, and equal beak, which is much 

 MON XXI 8 



