CURCULIONID.E— BALANO^. 143 



BaT.AXTXTS MTXrSCULT'S. 

 IM. VII, V\<r. 1-'. 



Px.dv stout, lu'iul not very short, nor very In-oad; eye sniiill, eiroular, 

 situated at the base of the beak, distant from the niar<,nn of the |.rotlioi-ax 

 by nearly its own dianictcr: Ixjik iiM.d.rately slender, rejjularly and gently 

 arcuate throughout, scarcely halt' as long as the body; antenn;c, including 

 the funiculus and rather slender club, about four-fifths as long as the 

 beak. I'rothorax nearly twice as high as long, tajiering very rapidly with 

 rounded sides, densely and finely punctate. Elytra about twice as long as 

 broad, with deeply and sharply impressed, scarcely punctate stria, the inter- 

 spaces flat and nearly or quite smooth. Legs rather long, the fenioni rather 

 heavily clavate, the tibia- rather slender, the lobes of the thir<l tarsal joint 

 rather small and slender. 



Length, excluding rostrum, 4-o"""; rostrum, 2"""; height, 2-2fr'". 



This is the smallest fossil species. 



Florissant, Colorado. Two specimens, Nos. 11253 and 13G2S, 8. H. 

 Scudder; No. 7(53, U. S. Geological Survey. 



Balaninus femoratus. 



I'l. VII, Fig. 15: I'l. XII. Fig. C. 



'['he l)ody is moderately stout, rapidly tapering in front, the head rela- 

 tively small; eyes moderately large, circular; lieak regularly and gently 

 arcuate, slightly incurved at ti]), no longer than head and prothorax together; 

 antennpp, with the joints of tlic funicle very long ami slender, the second 

 joint apparently double the length of the first, the whole funicle ;iiid club 

 together longer than the rostrum. Prothorax fully half as high again as 

 long, regularly and rai^idly tapering, the surface densely and not very finely 

 ])UiHtate. Khtra fully twice as long as broad, with di.stinctly but finely 

 jjUiK'tate stria'. Hind femora very long and apically, abruptly, an<l consid- 

 erably clavate, as long as the width t)f the body; other femora not .so long, 

 but similarly though le.ss conspicuously clavate; all the tibia' straight and 

 slender, the lobes of the last tarsal joint rather small. 



