CURCULIONID ®—CURCULIONINZ—ANTHONOMINI. iat 
while Europe possesses less than thirty species. It is interesting, therefore, 
to note that while it has not been found fossil in the European beds, no 
genus of Curculionide exceeds it in the number of its representatives in 
the American Tertiaries; no less than eight species are found in Florissant 
alone, and two in the Gosiute fauna; no species is found in both. ‘The 
species found in our western Tertiaries are abundant and vary somewhat 
in size and stoutness. They agree in having circular or nearly circular 
eyes, which are not approximate above, abdominal segments of equal or 
subequal length, a punctured prothorax, and punctato-striate elytra, the in- 
terspaces also usually punctate. In very few are the antenne preserved, 
and when they are they overlie other parts or are otherwise obscure, so that 
it can only be said that they closely resemble in general appearance the 
living forms, but whether the funicle is in any case six or seven-jointed 
can not be determined with certainty. 
Table of the species of Anthonomus. 
Larger forms, distinctly exceeding 3"™ in length. 
Elytra nearly as broad at base as in middle, nearly parallel-sided. 
Beak scarcely longer than prothorax.......--.....--.-...-....- primordius. 
Beak nearly or quite as long as head and prothorax together. 
Beak tapering, distinctly shorter than head and prothorax together, 
evigilatus. 
Beak equal, scarcely, if at all, shorter than head and prothorax to- 
gether. 
Smallen forms Mess thama te lOng= 2 22-2 eee. debilatus. 
lareen forms, more thane longs. sj.222 554-22. =- 2 CONCUSSUS. 
Elytra much broader in middle than at base, greatly arched...........-. arctus. 
Smaller forms, distinctly less than 5"™ in length. 
Beak longer than head and prothorax together................--.... corruptus. 
Beak shorter than head and prothorax together. 
Beak longer than prothorax. 
Elytra much broader in middle than at base. 
Larger forms, distinctly more than 2-5"™ long; eye circular, reventus. 
Smaller forms, distinctly less than 2°5"™ long; eye transverse, 
defossus. 
Elytra scarcely broader tn middle than at base......-..--. . .---SOporus. 
Beak shorter than prothorax.....-...-.--.- Seer eror verse ecenrrs -TEVICEUS, 
