Genus 391. — SlTOPlllLUS. 967 



Genus 391. SITOPHILUS. Nohis. 



Rhynchoplwnis Herbst (1), Schh. (2). — Caiandra Clairville. — 

 Calandra Fabr., Olivier, Germar, Gyllenhal, Stephens, 

 Dejean , Sturm , Steven. — Curculio Linne et plures 



Cliaracter generis. — Antennse breviuSculaB , minus tenues; arti- 

 ciilis duobiis Ijasalibus funiouli Jongiusculis, obconicis, reliquis 

 brevibus, sub-turbinatis; clava oblonyo-ovata, sub-acuminata. 



Rostruni elongatum , sub-tenue, basi crassius, teres, in pleiisque 

 parum arcuatum. 



Thorax valde elongatus, anterius an{justior, ante apicem con- 

 strictus, basi apiceque sub-truncatus. 



Elytia oblonyo-sub-quadrata, versus apicem sensim perparum 

 angustata, apice conjunctim rotundata, abdomine breviora. 



Pedes mediocres, validi; articulo peniiltinio tarsoium rebquis 

 parum latiore, sub-cordato, subtus vix spongioso. 



Descriptic. — Corpus oblongum, sub-Hneare, planiuscuhim, 

 sculpturatum , alatum; minoris et minusculaä magnitudinis. — 

 Antennce rostro capiteque vix longiores, prope basin rostri insertae, 

 minus tenues, fractae , g-articulatae; scapo tboracis marginem anti- 

 cum vixattingente, sub-clavato; funiculo 6-articulato : articulis i, 

 2 longiusculis, sub-ob-conicis , 3-6 brevibus, aut sub-turbinalis, 

 aut sub-rotundatis, paulo coarctatis, versus apicem crassitudine 

 perparum crescentibus; clava oblongo-ovata, band compressa, bi- 

 articulata : articulo 1°. elongato, corneo, apice truncato, 2°. brevi, 

 spongioso, apice sub-acuminato. — Rostrum plus minusve elonga- 

 tum, in plerisque thorace nonnibil brevius, in nonnullis paulo 

 longius, sub-tenue, basi crassius , teres, sub-deflexum, paulo arcua- 

 tum, in nonnullis sub rectum. — Ca/JMf parvum , sub-conicum. — 

 Ocidi laterales, oblongi , depressi. — Thorax latitudine baseos valde 

 longior, basi sub-truncatus, interdum leviter bi-sinuatus, lateri- 

 bus parum rotundatus, anterius angustior, longe intra apicem 

 constrictus, apice sub-truncatus, supra perparum convexus. — 

 5c?/te//?<?n parvum , aut sub-rotundatum, aut sub-triangulare. — 



(1) Schh. Cure. Disp. Melli Subgenus Calandra. 



(2) Steph. Brit. Erit. IV. p. 8. — Ghl. Ins. .Suec. lll. p. iSS. 



