166 TERTIARY RHYNCHOPHOROUS COLEOPTERA. 
as equally faint, longitudinal, wavy rugule, the rostrum exceedingly short 
and blunt. The prothorax, represented as too short anteriorly on the plate, 
is more coarsely but shallowly and rather closely punctate, the puncta very 
evenly distributed, as is also the case on the metasternum. ‘The tegmina 
are each about three times as long as broad, as exposed to view, with eight 
or more equidistant punctate striz (granulate ridges on this cast), the puncta 
following each other closely, rather larger than on the prothorax; counting 
from the outer edge, the third and sixth strize meet near the tip of the teg- 
mina in an acute angle. The elytra are also covered with suberect hairs 
about half as long as the width of the interspaces between the elytra. The 
legs are slender, moderately short, the femora very slightly swollen, the 
second joint of the tarsi very simple and not at all swollen. 
Length of specimen as preserved, 5""; probable length in a natural 
position, 55°"; of elytra, 3°65"™; height of body, 2™™. 
Florissant, Colorado. One specimen, No. 185. 
CRATOPARIS ? ELUSUS. 
Cratoparis? elusus Scudd., Bull. U. 8. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., rv, 768-769 (1878); 
Tert. Ins. N. A., 467, Pl. vim, Fig. 40 (1890). 
No new specimens have been found which throw any further light on 
the affinities of this insect. It is extremely doubtful whether this be an 
anthribid ; it is more probably a curculionid allied to Rhysosternum. 
Green River, Wyoming. 
CRATOPARIS REPERTUS. 
Cratoparis repertus Scudd., Bull, U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., rv, 768 (1878); Tert. 
Ins. N. A., 466-467, Pl. vit, Fig. 4, (1890). 
Nothing more is known of this species than when first described. 
Green River, Wyoming. 
BRACHYTARSUS Schonherr. 
The genus belongs to Kurope and America, and especially the latter, 
where we find eight species in the United States, widely distributed, while 
one isfoundin South America. A fossil insect from Green River, Wyoming, 
is referred here with some doubt. 
