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with this species for the present ; they are evidently sliorter and 

 stouter in general form, with the beak about as long as the elytra, 

 but agree in the peculiar ornamentation of the elytra, form of the 

 prothorax and dentition of the femora. 



B. longipes. — Moderately stout, thick and elongate-subrhomboidal, 

 rufo-testaceous in color, the heak and antennae still paler rufous; vestiture ex- 

 tremely dense, consisting of long, slender and pale brownish-ochreous scales, 

 feebly interspersed with slightly paler spots on the elytra and also paler toward 

 the sides of the prothorax, more whitish, broader and dense on the under sur- 

 face. Head nearly }4, ^s wide as the prothorax, the eyes separated by nearly %. 

 of their own width, the interval broadly and feebly concave; beak % as long 

 as the body, very slender, rather arcuate, more strongly beyond the middle; an- 

 tennse inserted somewhat behind basal third, slender, the funicle long, with 

 the first four joints decreasing in length, the club fusiform, densely pubescent 

 and as long as the two preceding joints combined. Prothorax well developed, 

 ^5 wider than long, the sides rather more rounded just before the middle, thence 

 very feebly divergent and slightly arcuate to the base and more strongly con- 

 vergent and just visibly sinuate to the apex, which is truncate, becoming feebly 

 sinuate at the middle; disk densely punctate. Elytra scarcely y^ longer than 

 wide, nearly 23^-2 times as long as the prothorax and a little less than % wider; 

 humeri rather widely exposed and prominent, the sides thence rather strongly 

 convergent and nearly straight, rapidly subparabolic at tip, with the posterior 

 discal swelling somewhat noticeable; striae moderate, rather closely punctate, 

 the intervals wide ; sutural vestiture rather prominent posteriorly. Legs un- 

 usually long, the femora moderately dilated, with the tooth very large, its ver- 

 tical distal edge much longer than the femoral width in continuation of it. 

 Length 6.5-7.0 mm.; width 3.2-3.6 mm. 



Colorado (Manitou). 



The description is from a female example, the lifth ventral in 

 that sex having a small median concavity which is much less 

 densely clothed. The male is a little smaller but does not differ 

 greatly in form, having the beak distinctly shorter than the elytra, 

 with the antennae inserted at the middle, the club a little larger 

 and more elongate, the abdomen broadly and feebly impressed at 

 base, and the truncate fifth segment toward the sides and the en- 

 tire pygidium bristling with long erect hairs. 



This species very closel}^ resembles the Californian occidentis, 

 but differs in the more prominent femoral teeth, longer legs and 

 beak, more rhomboidal and less oval form, more prominent humeri 

 and several other features. 



B. sulcatuliis. — Narrowly elongate-oval and strongly convex, dark 

 piceous in color, the legs rufescent, the beak and antennae rufous ; vestiture 

 white, variegated with indefinite subtransverse patches on the elytra, in which 



