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TERTIARY RHYNCHOPHOROUS COLEOPTERA. 
APION EXANIMALE. 
Pl. oy,. Fae ae 
A‘stout-bodied form, only moderately arcuate behind the head, ap- 
parently largest on the basal half of the elytra, somewhat as in the group 
Segnipes of Smith. Head twice as high as long, tapering very rapidly with 
arcuate sides, delicately and transversely striate; eye circular, situated 
slightly behind the base of the beak, and removed from the front margin of 
the prothorax by its own diameter; front of head descending rapidly above 
and so forming a decided angle with the beak, which is moderately stout, a 
little shorter than the dorsum of the prothorax, nearly straight, equal on 
the basal, tapering slightly on the apical half. Thorax considerably higher 
than long, hardly tapering, longest above by reason of the arcuation of the 
body, delicately and closely punctate. Elytra about twice as long as 
broad, gently arcuate, broadly rounded at tip, with only very slight indi- 
cations of uny striz. Legs moderately stout and rather long, the femora 
heavily clavate at tip. 
Length, excluding rostrum, 2°5""; rostrum, 0:7"; elytra, 1°8""; height 
of body, 1-4™. 
Florissant, Colorado. One specimen, No. 11306. 
APION EVESTIGATUM. 
Plex, (Pigs: 
The mode of preservation of the single specimen does not permit a pre- 
cise description of the form of the body, which, however, appears to be 
much as in the group Segnipes of Smith. The head is but little higher than 
long, subconical, with scarcely arcuate sides, smooth or with exceedingly 
fine faint transverse striation; eyes large, circular, situated as far forward 
as possible, and separated from the front margin of the prothorax by more 
than half their own diameter; rostruin moderately stout, as long as head 
and prothorax together, porrect, gently arcuate, especially on apical half, 
equal or scarcely enlarging apically. Prothorax a third higher than long, 
tapering but little, and with hardly any fullness, nearly smooth or very 
finely and very faintly punctate. Elytra rather less than twice as broad as 
