CLASS V. INSEC'TA, 201 



hook ;il llu'ir joints: bodi/ovdte: abdomen quadrate, rounded behind : 

 iubium corneous, quadrate ; the middle of tlie upper margin cmar- 

 ginate, obtusely unidentate. 



Sp. ]. Att.curcidionoidcs. 



-■\ttelabus curculionoides. Linn., Latr., OUv., Marsh., Leach. 



Inliaijits the nut-tree and willow. 



Genus 202. APODER.US. OUv., Latr., Leach. Attelabus. JJnn., 

 I'ubr., Fat/k. Cl'Rculio. Marsh. 



Head with a distinct neck: tibia with one hook at their joints: bodtf 

 ovate : abdomen quadrate, rounded behind : hihiuni corneous, qua- 

 drate, the middle of the upper niargiu eniarginate, obtusely uni- 

 dentate. 



Sp. 1. Apo. Cori/li. 



Attelabus Coryli. Linn., Fabr., Pai/k. CurculioCoryli. iHa/'sZiawj. Apo- 

 derusCoryli. Latr., L^cach. 



Inhabits the nut-tree, and is very common. 



Genus 203. RHYNCHITES. Herbst., Latr., Leach. CuncrLio. 

 Linn., De Gc£r, Marsh. Riiinomacer. Geoff., Clairv. At- 

 telabus, Fubr., OUv. 

 Head elongate behind the eyes, with no nock : cli/pem dentate : tihix 

 with very short heels : abdomen quadrate, rounded behind : body 

 ovate, narrowly produced before : thorax conic-cylindric, broader be- 

 hind (often with a spine on each side in the male) : lubiimi mem- 

 branaceous, small, the apex rounded, villosc, entire. 

 Sp. 1. Rhijn. Bacchus. 



Inhabits Europe, and is found in England on the nut- and plum-tree, 

 but is very rare. 



Genus 20-i. DEPORAUS. Leach's MSS. 

 Head elongate, with no neck: citjpeus subdentate : tibia with short 



heels: w^'t^o/wf^ quadrate-rounded behind; hinder thighs thick and 



formed for leaping. 

 Sp. 1. Dep. Bctul(E. 

 Rhynchites Betuku. Herbsl. 

 Inhabits the oak, birch, and hazel. 



Genus 205. APION. Herbst, Latr., Kirht/, Leach. Cl'rculio. 



Linn., Marsli. 

 F-i/es prominulous : head elongate heliind: abdomen subovate: tibi/r 

 with obsolete heels : labium subquadrate, entire. 



The Rev. William Kirby has given an admirable paper to the 

 Linnean Society of London, in which upwards of sixty species of 

 this genus arc described, in the ninth volume of their Transactiois, 

 He has added a supplement which is published in the tenth vo- 

 lume. 



