200 MODERN SYSTr^r. 



Genus 1P8. ANTIIRIBUS. Payhill, Fobr., TMtr., Oenf., Uach. 

 Macrocephalvs. Oliv. 

 Antenntz clavate : the dub ovale, abrupt, incrassated : eyes not emargi- 

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

 transverse, broader behind, lobated : rostrum short. 

 Sp. 1. An. scabrosus. 

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



Marsh. Macrocephalus scabrosus. Olivier. 

 Inhabits the ehu and horse-chesnut. 



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

 Payk., Latr., Leach. 



Aiitenna clavate : eyes not emarginate : elytra covering the anus above ; 

 abdomen elongate, narrow : thorax roundish, nearly equally })road : 

 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. attclaboides. 



Anthribus rhinomaccr. Payk., Latr. Rhinomacer attclaboides. Fabr., 

 Leach. 



Inhabits pine-trees. 



Genus 200. BRUCHUS. £»!?z., De Geer, Oliv., Fabr., Latr., Marsh., 

 Leach. IMylabris. Geoff. 

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

 tenna; : body short, oval, thick : elytra not covering the anus above, 

 Sp. 1. Bru. Pisi. 



Bruchus Pisi. Linn., Fabr., Oliv., Latr., Leach. 



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

 is frequently found in peas. 



Fam. XXXVII. Curculionid.?,. Leach. 



CuRCULioxiTES. Latreillc. 



Palpi very small, conic-subulate, scarcely discernible : rostriun rounds 

 ed, thick, often proboscis-shaped : labrum none : antenn<B with di- 

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

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

 distinctly produced into a rostrum : mandibles small or minute : 

 mentum not cylindric-cordate : body rarely cylindric; anterior tibia 

 never triangular. 



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

 all, fi'om the base of the thorax, narrower, not cylindric. 



Genus 201. ATTELABUS. Linn., Fabr., Oliv., Latr., Leach. 

 CuRCULio. De Geer. 

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



