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2. Calandra linearis. 



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Rhynchophorus linearis, Herbst, Kafer, vii. p. 5, t. 100. fig. 1 



Sitophilus linearis, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 979 2 . 



Calandra linearis, Casey, Ann. N. York Acad. Sci. vi. p. 686 



Calandra tamarindi, Christy, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. p. 36' 



Var. Cordyle striatus, Thunb. in Nova Acta Ups. vii. p. 112 5 , 





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Hab. North America, Atlantic States 3 . — Costa Pica, San Jose (Biolley). — Antilles, 



Cuba, Jamaica 2 , St. Bartholomew 2 ; Brazil (coll. Fry). — India, Bengal 5 , &c. 



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the late P. Biolley. It is probably a native of India. 





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3. Calandra oryzse. 



Curculio oryza, Linn. Amoen* Acad. vi. p. 395 (1763) . 



ilus oryzce, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 981 





Calandra oryzce, Horn, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xiii. p. 430 3 ; Leconte, op. cit, xv. p. 333 4 ; Casey, 



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Calandra zea-mais, Motsch. Etudes Ent. iv. p. 77 (1855) 6 ; Casey, loc. cit. p. 686 



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Hab. Fere orbe terrestris. 



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A very variable and abundant insect, extremely destructive to maize *, often attacking 





the grain in the fields before it is gathered. C. zea-mais is a large form of the same 



species. In the Salle collection there are three specimens from Belize of unusually 





small size. Casey 5 has described an allied form with anastomosing sinuous rugae on 





the prothorax under the name C. rugicollis upon a single specimen from Florida. 



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4. Calandra setulosa. (Tab. vni. figg. 10, 10 «, ? .) 



Sitophilus setulosus, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 969 . 

 Calandra setulosa, Gemm. & Harold, Cat. Col. viii. p. 2653 2 . 



c? . Rostrum coarsely, closely punctate, subcarinate, and more or less asperate, to the tip ; first ventral segment 



broadly depressed down the middle. 



Rostrum more slender, shining, smooth along the middle, becoming finely striato-punctate towards 





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u ~ k . Mexico 12 (U.S. Nat.\Mus.), Toxpam {Salle), Orizaba (Edge), Cordova (Edge; 







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in US. Nat. Mus.) ; Guatemala, Panzos (Conradt), Chacoj in Alta Vera Paz 

 Champion) ; Honduras (Mus. Brit.) ; Costa Pica, Cache (Bogers), Tablazo (Biolley), 

 Azahar de Cartago (Underwood), San Carlos (U.S. Fat. Mus.); Panama, Chiriqui (coll. 



Godm. & Salv.).— Colombia ; Venezuela. 







Apparently not uncommon in the Mexican State of Vera Cruz. This species may 



* Biolley notes that it also attacks an allied plant, the " teosinte," Euchlcena (Bheana) luxurians, in Costa 

 Eica. This genus of grasses (cf. Biol. Centr.-Am., Botany, iii. p. 512) is peculiar to America. 



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