ATTELABUS. ATTELABUS. 
G eneric Character, 
Caput postice atteniiatum. 
Antemice apicem versus 
crassiores. 
Head attenuated behind. 
Antennae thickening to- 
wards the tip. 
Of the genus Attelabus one of the principal 
species is the Attelabus CoryVi of Linnaeus, whieh 
is a smallisli insect, found chiefly on hazel trees, 
and is black, with red wing-slieaths; and a variety 
sometimes occurs in which the thorax is red also: 
it usually measures about a quarter of an inch in 
length. 
A much smaller species is the Attelabus Betulcey 
which is found on the Birch: it is entirely of a 
black colour, and is remarkable for gnawing the 
leaves of that tree, during the early part of spring, 
in such a manner that they appear notched on the 
edges. The thighs of the hind-legs in this insect 
are of a remarkably thickened form. The larvae 
of the Attelabi do not seem to have been distinctly 
described, but they probably bear a resemblance 
to those of the genus Curculio. Linnaeus refers 
to the genus Attelabus some insects which by 
later entomologists have been otherwise arranged: 
among these is the elegant species called Attelabus 
apiarius, so named from the mischief which its 
