1(54 Tf^RTIAEY EHYNCHOPHOROUS COLEOPTERA. 



joints not shown on the plate. Elyti-a with punctate strife, the puncta 

 deep, circular, sepai-ated from each other by two or three times their own 

 diameter. 



Length, b-6""^; height, 2-5"""; length of antennae, 2""°'. 



Florissant, Colorado. One specimen, No. 10910. 



This insect is named in memory of that versatile and industrious 

 naturalist, the late T. A. Conrad, of Philadelphia. 



HORMISCUS Waterhouse. 



This is a genus with only tlu-ee known species, found respectively in 

 our southern and western states, the Galapagos islands, and in Colombia. 

 A single fossil species from Green River, Wyoming, is refen-ed here. 



HORMISCUS PARTITUS. 

 Hormiscus partitus Scudd., Tert. Ins. N. A., 467, PI. viii. Fig. 17 (1890). 



No further specimens have been found. 

 Green River, Wyoming. 



Tribe BASITROPINI. 



If the Tophoderes described by Heyden from Rott belongs here, this 

 tribe is equally represented in the European and American Tertiaries. In 

 Europe, besides the species mentioned, an amber species (undescribed) 

 has been referred by Berendt to Anthribus, and three species have been 

 referred to Anthribites, two from Oeningen, and one, known only by bor- 

 ings, from Niederlausitz. In America we have a species of Anthribus from 

 Florissant, one of Brachytarsus from Green River, and three of Cratoparis, 

 one from Florissant and two from Green River. 



ANTHRIBU8 Geolfroy. 



The species of this typical genus of the family, not numerous, are 

 found in both worlds, and mainly in the northern hemisphere. We possess 

 but a couple of species found in the Atlantic States. A single fossil species 

 from Florissant, Colorado, is placed here. 



