498 INSECT A. 



Vine, from which in certain seasons, and when unusually nu- 

 merous, they sometimes completely strip the foliage. They 

 are known in some parts of France, by the names of Lisette^ 

 Beche, &c. 

 The snout in Apion is not widened at the end, and even frequently 

 terminates in a point. The abdomen is strongly inflated(l). 



The following genera have been formed with Rhynchophora, very 

 similar to the Attelabi, but with a narrower and more elongated 

 body. 



Rhinotia, Kirb. Belus, Schosnh. 



Where the antennae gradually enlarge without forming a club, and 

 the body is almost linear(2). 



Eurhinus, Kirb. 



Where they terminate in an elongated club, of which the last joint 

 is very long in the males(3). 



Tubicenus, Dej. JLuletes, Schcenh. 



Where they also terminate in a club, but it is perfoliate, and the 

 joints are nearly of a similar length or differ but little. The abdo- 

 men also forms a long square, and not an oval, like that of Eurhi- 

 nus(4). 



Those, in which the antennae are filiform, or where the last joint 

 alone forms the clubj where the proboscis, frequently longer in the 

 males than in the females, and often differently terminated, always 

 projects forwards; in which all the other parts of the body are usu- 

 ally much elongated, and the penultimate joint of the tarsi is bilo- 

 bate, form the genus 



Brentus, Fab. Curculio, Lin. 



These Insects are peculiar to hot climates. 



In some the body is linear, and the antennae, filiform or slightly 

 enlarged towards the extremity, are composed of eleven joints. 

 They constitute the genus 



Brentus properly so called. 

 M. Steven has separated from them, under the generic name of 



(1) See Lat., Gener. Crust, et Insect.; Herbstein, Olivier, and Schoenherr. 



(2) Kirby, Lin. Trans., XII. 



(3) Kirby, Ibid. 



(4) Schcenh., Curcul. Dispos. Method., 46; Dej., Catalogue, &c. 



