CURCULI0NIDE8. 263 



ATTELABUS F. Sch. 

 A. PUBESCENS nob. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. A'ol. 5, p. 252. 

 .1. Rhoit Boheinan Acta Mosqu. 



RIIYNCniTES Herbst. Schunh. 



1. R. coBLARis Fabr. — The three ultimate joints of the an- 

 tennae are ol(»ngated, differing in this respect from the other spe- 

 cies of the genus ; it ha.'< been separated under the generic name 

 of Siipindus. 



The species varies so much in colur as to have given rise to 

 •ioveral specific names, viz. : 



Anthrihus coUaris Fabr. Syst. Eleut. 



Rhijnrhitrs angustntua Herbst. [ 5 ] 



Rhijnchitvs ruhricolUs nob., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci,* and Melsli. 

 (\ital. 



Rlii/ncliitcs niyrijus Melsh. ; qucnus Knoch. in ^lelsh. Catal. 



Rhynchitrs rvficoUis Germar, Sp. Nov. p. 188. 



The latter is very remarkable in having the thorax of the same 

 color as the elytra. Dejean in his Catalogue places the species 

 in the genus Rhinomaccr. 



[Is Eugnamptus angustatus Sch. — Lec] 



2. R. HIRTU.S Fabr. 

 7?. pencils? Bohemann. 



Doubts have been expressed of our insect being the Jifrtiix of 

 Fabr., but it agrees better with the description than any. It is 

 also, as Fabricius says, of the stature and magnitude of R. jtuhes- 

 ■ Its. 



o. R. .liRATUS. — Brassy, antenna), rostrum, and beneath, ob- 

 scure bluish. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania. 



CurcuJio icratits Knoch, in Mel.sh. Catalogue. 



Body brassy, punctured : rostrum very slightly dilating to- 

 wards the tip, with an impressed line above, from the base to the 

 middle : front with small punctures : thorax with dense punc- 

 tures : elytra with a transverse, dilated but not profound, coni- 



*This reference is wrong, it is described in Long'.s Expedition, 2, 288 : 

 ante, p. 192. — Lkc] 



