200 MODERN 3VSTEM. 



Genus 198. ANTIIRIBUS. Faijkull, Fahr., Latr., Geoff'., Leach. 

 Macrocephah'S. OUv. 



AntentKe davate: the club ovale, ahruy<t, incrassated : eyes not einargi- 

 nate: elytra covering the anus above : bodij short, oval, thick; thorax 

 transverse, broader behind, iobated : rostrum short. 



Sp. 1. An. scabrosus. 



Anthribus scabrosus. Payk., Fabr., Latr., Leach. Bruchus scabrosus. 

 Marsh. Macrocephalus scabrosus. Olivier. 



Inhabits the elm and horse-chesnut. 



Genus 199. RHINOMACER. OUv., Fabr., Leach. Anthribus. 

 Pai/k., Latr., Leach. 



Antennm clavate : eijes not emarginate : eh/tra covering the anus above ; 

 abdomen elongate, narrow : thorax roundish, nearly equally broad : 

 rostrum at the base much narrower than the head, the longitudinal 

 diameter many times exceeding the breadth: tarsi with the second 

 joint not including the third. 



Sp. 1. Rhi. attelaboides. 



Anthribus rhinomaccr. Fayk., Latr. Rhinomacer attelaboides. Fabr., 

 Leach. 



Inhabits pine-trees. 



Genus 200. BRUCIIUS. Linn., Be Geer, OUv., Fabr., Lutr., Marsh., 

 Leach. Mylabris. Geoff'. 

 Antennce nearly filiform : eyes emarginate for the insertion of the an- 

 tennte : bodij short, oval, thick : elytra not covering the anus above. 

 Sp. 1. Bru. Fisi. 



Bruchus Pisi. Linn., Fabr., OUv., L(dr., L^each. 



Inhabits the south of Europe and the north of America. The larva 

 is frequently found in peas. 



Fam. XXXVII. CuKcunoNiDiE. Leach. 



Curculionites. Latreille. 



Falpi very small, conic-subulate, scarcely discernible : rostrum round- 

 ed, thick, often proboscis-shaped : labrum none: antenna: with di- 

 stinct joints, the eighth or ninth generally clavate, the club regular, 

 the joints coriaceous : head from the eyes more or less narrowed, 

 distinctly produced into a rostrum : mandibles small or minute : 

 mentum not cylindric-cordate : toc/j/ rarely cylindric: anterior tibia 

 never triangular. 



A. Antennae straight, not gcnicuhded at the second joint. Body of 

 all, from the base of the thorax, narrozccr, not cylindric. 



Genus 201. ATTELABUS. Linn., Fabr., OUv., Lair., Leach. 

 .. CuRcuLio. De Geer. 



Head behind simply elongate, produced with no neck : tilice with one 



