TS Wickhdm — New Fossil Elateridce from Florissant. 



Fig. 3. Melanactes cockereUi, n. sp. x 2. 



In life, this insect must have been about the size of M. 

 densus Lee, or M.piceus De GL, resembling the former very 

 closely in thoracic and elytral sculpture. 



Named after a good friend and ardent entomologist, Pro- 

 fessor Cockerell, from whose hands the foregoing species were 

 received. 



Iowa City, Iowa. 



