CURCULIONID &—CU RCU LIONIN.E—CRY PTORHYNCHINI. Bz 
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as the prothorax. Prothorax very faintly and apparently very finely pune- 
tate, but almost smooth, slightly tapering, the dorsal outline gently arcuate, 
fully half as high again as long. Elytra teebly and finely punctato-striate, 
the punctuation a little wider than the striz, the interspaces flat, and with 
feeble signs of exceedingly delicate punctuation. 
Length, excluding rostrum, 3:8"; rostrum, 0:7""; height of body, 1-5™", 
Roan mountains, western Colorado, from the richest beds at crest of 
bluff overlooking head of East Salt creek. One specimen, Nos. 1031 and 
1032, U.S. Geological Survey. 
CRYPTORHYNCHUS KERRI. 
PL. vi, Fig. 21. 
Body ovate. Head short, the length rarely more than one-third that of 
the prothorax, finely and closely punctate; the eyes small, a little oval and 
transverse; beak slender, gently arcuate, about as long as head and pro- 
thorax together. Prothorax densely and rather coarsely punctate, slightly 
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tapering, well rounded, about half as high again as long. Under surface of 
thorax punctate, like the prothorax. Elytra rather heavily and uniformly 
punctato-striate, the strize deeply and uniformly impressed, the interspaces 
flat, with very feeble signs of shallow punctuation. 
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Leneth, excluding rostrum, 2°8""; rostrum, 0°8""; height of body, 1-6™. 
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Florissant, Colorado. Twelve specimens, Nos. 476, 1789, 6148, 7647 
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8105 and 9475, 8487, 8534, 8718, 9084, 11260, 11304, 13638. 
Named in memory of the talented geologist, the late Prof. W. C. Kerr, 
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of North Carolina. 
CRYPTORHYNCHUS PROFUSUS. 
Pisvineiwia. 13. 
Body ovate. Head moderately long, the length usually about half the 
length of the prothorax, finely and closely punctate; the eyes moderately 
large, transversely oval, longer than the breadth of the rather slender 
rostrum, which is gently arcuate and a little shorter than head and thorax 
together. Prothorax densely and rather coarsely punctate, rapidly tapering 
with a full curve, nearly twice as high or broad as long. Elytra consider- 
