CUKCULIONID.E— CI IMII.IONIN.K— <'i;VI'l()i;in N< IIIM. \-j:) 



KlIYSosTKKXrM I.OX(;iROSTRF.. 

 I'l. VI, Fin, •_)(). 



Ilf.ii! jiliiiKst cunccjiltMl witliiii tlic jirotli'ir.ix, (Iciisclv ;iih1 I)\- n -jiiis 



riiH'l\ iiunctiitc : them'"' iiiMilci;ifi'I\- l;iri>c, ti:iiis\crscl\ u\al: ln-iik loiiLri- 

 tudiually ^;triate, sleuflcr, iiiid <i|ii;i|, >^('iitlv arciiatc in ajiical halt". Im-vhikI 

 str(in<i-ly arcuate, nearly as lon^^- as tlu' elytra, an. I wliere tuliled a;rivii"<t 

 rlic lircast reaching- the end of tlic iiictasterimiii. I'rotliorax rather more 

 than one-halt' as hig-h again as long, tajicring with a full and nnifonii 

 curve from the base, at apex as high onl\ as long; surface uniform, 

 densely am! coarsely [luiictate, the jiuncta so disposed and continent as 

 to torni deep siimate or veriniculate longitudinal stnga-, cloiind also with 

 short stout hairs. I'nder surface punctate. Imt inurh nnuc coarseK and 

 heavily on the thoracic than on the al)dominal segments. Klvtra sharplx' 

 and deeply puiictato-sti-iate, the ])uncta more or less longitudinal: inter- 

 .space.s tlat, taintly |punctulate. and clothed with hairs like the thorax; tibiai 

 rather stout and slighth' ai-cuate. 



Length, excluding!- rostrum, iyX"""- rostrum. .'')•;-!""": height of body, 

 3""". 



Idorissant, Colorado. Three .specimens, Nos. 3S3(I. 7.")i<l, NfJ'Jl. 



1 ; U YSOSTKRNrM .ETERNABILE. 

 ri. VI, Fi- l!l. 



Head nuich as in the preceding species; tlie eves nmstlv concealed bv 

 the postocular IoIh-s; beak .somewhat striate longitudinalK', mo(k-ratelv 

 slender and e(pial. somewhat and eipiallv arcuate thr<iugh<Mit. longer than 

 head and jirothorax together, and when folded against the In-east reaching 

 the enil ot the me.sosterninn. i'ldtliorax a])parentl\' about half as hinli .igaiu 

 as long, tapering as in the other specie.s, at apex ratln-r higher than long; 

 the ,sui-fa('e irregularly punctate, the puiu-ta couHuent, .so as to tbrm waver- 

 ing longituilinal striga\ rliffcriug from the preceding species maiidv in the 

 more peH'e<'t continence of the punctures and the sharpness ot' the inti-rveii- 

 ing riilges. Under surface pre<-isel\- as in /,'. Ifitirfirostrf. Klvtra not ver\' 

 deeply striate, but the stria- with deep circular puncta, u^ualK' separated 

 by fully their own diameter. 



