CLASS V. INSFCTA. 201 



hook at tlieir joints : lodi/ ovate : abdomen quadrate, rounded behind : 

 labium corneous, quadrate ; the middle ol" the upper margin emiar- 

 ginate, obtusely unidentate. 



■-p. 1. Atl.curculiono'ulex. 



.\ltelabus curculionoi<les. Linn., Latr., Oliv., Marsh., Leach. 



Inhabits the nut-tree and willow. 



Genus 202. APODERUS. Oliv., Latr., Leach. Attelabus. Linn., 

 Fabr., Pui/k. CuncuLio. Marsh. 



Head with a distinct neck: tibi<E with one hook at their joints: bodif 

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

 drate, the middle of the ujjper margin cmarginate, obtusely uni- 

 dentate. 



Sp. 1. Apo. Coryli. 



\itelabus Coryli. Linn., Fabr., Paj/k. Curculio Coryli. JV/«;s/w?n. Apo- 

 derus Coryli. Lair., Leach. 



Inhabits the nut-tree, and is very common. 



Genus 203. RIIYNCHITES. Herktl., Latr., Leach. Crnr ri.ro. 

 Linn., De Geer, Marsh. Riiinomacer. Geoff., Clairv. At- 

 TELABUS. Fabr., Oliv. 

 Hi ad elongate behind the eyes, with no neck: ch/peus dentate: tibia 

 with very short heels: abdomen quadrate, rounde<l behind: bod^f 

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

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

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

 "^p. 1. R/ii/n. Bacchus. 



Inliabits Europe, and is found in England on the nut- and plum-tiee, 

 but is very rare. 



Genus 201. DEPORAUS. Loach's MSS. 

 Head elongate, with no neck: ch/pcus subdcntate: tibio' with short 



heels: «Wy/nert quadrate-rounded behind: hinder thighs thick and 



formed for leaping. 

 Sp. 1. Dtp. Bctula. 

 Rhynchites Bctulee. Herbst. 

 Inhabits the oak, birch, and hazel. 



Genus 205. APIOX. Herbst, Latr., Kirbi/, L.euch. Cupxui.io. 

 LJnn., Marsh. 

 Ei/cs prominulous: head elongate behind: abdomen subovate: tibitt 

 with obsolete heels : labium subquadrate, entire. 



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

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

 this genus are described, in the ninth volume of their Transactions. 

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

 lunie. 



