142 TERTIAEY RHYNCHOPHOROUS COLEOPTERA. 



Balaninus anicularis. 

 PI. VII, Fig. IG. 



Body stinit. Head very sliort; eye moderately siiinll, circular, toucli- 

 iuo- the i)nitliorax; Leak regularly and considerably arcuate, alxiut half as 

 long as tlie body, moderately slender; autennjv with the tirst joint of the 

 funicle sliglitlv shortei- tliau the second, tlie whole funicle and ovate (dub 

 toii'etlier a little shorter than the beak. Thorax nearly twice as high as 

 long, rather ra])idly tapering and rounded, the surface densely and rather 

 finely punctate. Elytra, a little less than twice as long as broad, with deeply 

 impressed, rather tinely punctate stride, the interspaces a])parently flat and 

 very faintly, rather finely, and distantly i)unctate. Lc^gs ratliei- stout. 



Length, excluding rostrum, S-;")"""; ofi-ostrum, 4-o"""; height, 4""". 



Florissant, Colorado. Three specimens, Nos. 409, 7645, 10874. 



P)ALANINUS RESTRICTUS. 

 PI. 11, Fig. 25. 



A single somewhat imperfect specimen is all there is at hand to repi-e- 

 sent this species. The l)ody is stout, the head very short; eyes of medium 

 size, circular, slightly separated from the front margin of tlie protliorax; 

 l)eak about half the length of the l)ody, slender, somewhat arcuate, but 

 mostly at and lievond tlie middle. Pi-othorax apparentl)' about half as 

 broad again as long and tajjering, but to how great a degree can hardly be 

 seen, the surface somewhat densely and rather finely punctate, with some 

 indications of transverse wrinkling. Elytra apparently fully twice as long 

 as broad, with surface sculpture much as in II. ((i/iciil((ri.s, but with more 

 distinct and slightly coarser strial punctuation. Ftire legs ver)- long, the 

 femora stout, but the tibia- very slender, the lobes of the third tarsal joint 

 very long and slendei'. 



Length, excluding rostrum, 7"""; rostrum, 3-4"""; breadth <.f liody, 4™"'. 



Florissant, Colorado. One siiecimen. No. 8768. 



