CURCULIONIDES. 263 



ATTELABUS F. Sch. 

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

 A. Rhois Boheinan Acta Mosqu. 



IIHYNCHITES Herbst. Sc bnh. 



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

 tennae are elongated, diiFering in this respect from the other spe- 

 cies of the genus ; it has been separated under the generic name 

 of Sapindus. ■ 



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

 several specific names, viz. : 



Anthrihus collaris Fabr. Syst. Eleut. 



Rhyncldfes angiistatus Herbst. [ 5 ] 



Rhynchites rxibricollis nob., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci,* and Melsh. 

 Catal. 



Rhyncliites nigripes Melsh. ; qiiemis Knoch. in Melsh. Catal. 



Rhynchites ruficollis 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 Rhinomacer. 



[Is Eugnamptus angusfafus Sch. — Lec] 



2. R. HIRTUS Fabr. 

 R. xneus? Boliemann. 



Doubts have been expressed of our insect being the hivtus of 

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

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

 cens. 



o. R. .ERATUS. — Brassy, antennae, rostrum, and beneath, ob- 

 scure bluish. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania. 



(\ircuKo seratus Knoch, in Melsh. 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] 



