CURCULIONIDAE. Ill 



with seventh joint contiguous to club ; eyes transverse ; 

 thorax nearly always with ocular lobes ; tibiae slightly 

 hooked at apex ; tarsal claws nearly always soldered at 

 base; metasternum tolerably often short. Cleonides. 



-B 6. Tarsal claws free ; antennae com- 

 pletely elbowed. 



A 1, Eostrum more or less slender, cylin- 

 drical. 



Peduncle of submentum prominent ; scrobes commencing 

 generally far from mouth, linear, straight or oblique, reach- 

 ing eyes ; funiculus of antennae with from five to eight 

 joints, seventh nearly always free ; thorax very rarely with 

 ocular lobes, scarcely ever Ijisinuate at base ; scutellum dis- 

 tinct ; tibiae usually slender and rounded, often hooked at 

 apex ; tarsal claws very rarely soldered ; epimera of meso- 

 thorax small or moderately large ; insects nearly always 

 winged. Erirhinides. 



JS 1, Eostrum tolerably robust, rounded 

 at angles. 



Peduncle of submentum broad and more or less promi- 

 nent ; rostrum longer than head, scrobes reaching mouth or 

 nearly so, linear ; funiculus of antennae with seven, rarely 

 six joints ; eyes nearly always transverse ; tibiae not 

 hooked at apex ; tarsal claws free ; epimera of mesothorax 

 usually moderately large ; insects generally winged. 



Hyperides. 



2, Metasternum very short, its episterna narrow, 



Epimera of mesothorax much smaller than its episterna, 

 acute in front ; tarsal claws free ; insects apterous. 



A A, Submentum with peduncle. 



a a. Tibiae hooked at apex. 



Peduncle of submentum tolerably prominent ; rostrum 

 more or less long, variable in stoutness, rarely angular, 

 scrobes generally reaching mouth, or nearly so, linear, deep, 

 reaching eyes ; thorax with very feeble (often rather indis- 

 tinct) ocular lobes. Molytides. 



h b. Tibiae not or scarcely hooked at apex. 



Peduncle of submentum short and broad, sometimes not 

 very distinct ; rostrum moderately broad and long, angular 



