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DistrisuTIon: The few existing records indicate that S. intricatus 
may be found in the southern Rocky Mountains region, and south 
of that region in the basin and range portion of Texas. The follow- 
ing specimens were examined: 
ARIZONA: COCHISE Co.: Chiricahua National Monument, July 8 (Howden). 
TEXAS: EL PASO Co.: El Paso, July 28 (CU). 
WYOMING: LARAMIE Co.: Cheyenne, Apr. 20 (USNM). 
Total specimens examined: 4. 
Smicronyx lepidus Dietz 
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Smicronyz lepidus Dietz, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 21, pp. 147-148, 1894. 
Type: Male, Arizona, CM (Ulke collection). 
Description: Rostra of both sexes piceous, very robust, moder- 
ately curved, roughly punctate and sparsely squamose behind anten- 
nal insertions; feebly striate and punctate before antennal insertions 
in male, not striate in female. Head black, finely rugulose and aluta- 
ceous, densely squamose above base of rostrum. Antennal scape and 
funicle black, club rufopiceous. Prothorax black, strongly rounded 
at sides, moderately narrowed and slightly constricted toward apex; 
disk deeply and coarsely punctate; scales broadly ovate, except for 
large setiform scales, pale yellowish brown, with granular texture; 
prosternum moderately emarginate, shallowly concave. 
Elytra piceous, rather convex, the intervals closely covered with 
scales similar to those of the thorax. Underside of thorax and ab- 
domen black to piceous, covered with small ovate pale yellowish 
brown scales. Femora only slightly clavate, rufopiceous to rufous, 
covered with ovate yellowish white scales. Tibiae stout, piceous: 
covered with a mixture of yellow and white scales, some elongate, 
others elliptical. Tarsi black, third segment slightly broader than 
first two; fourth segment extending only a short distance past third, 
claws almost parallel, connate for approximately half their length. 
Measurements: The following measurements were taken from 1 
male from Dallas, Tex. (USNM), 1 male from the Jemez Mountains 
N. Mex. (CAS), and 1 female from Las Vegas, New Mex. (USNM). 
All measurements are in millimeters. 
Males Female 
Mean Extremes 
Body length 2. 50 2. 40-2. 60 2. 50 
Elytra length ead. 1. 75-1. 80 1. 80 
Elytra width at base 1. 03 1. 00-1. 06 1. 09 
Prothorax length 0. 62 0. 59-0. 66 0. 68 
Prothorax width 0. 73 0. 76 
Rostrum length 0. 90 0. 89-0. 92 1. 00 
Rostrum length before antennal 0. 31 0. 30-0. 33 0. 36 
insertion 
Funicular segment 2 length 0.060 0.051-0.068 0.051 
Funicular segment 3 length 0. 051 0. 051 
