116 RHYNCHOPUORA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



more than double as long as head, rather thin, moderately 

 dilated at apex ; thorax nearly quadrangular, finely and 

 not very closely punctured, not flat on disc, very indis- 

 tinctly ridged, base scarcely impressed ; elytra with deep, 

 punctured striae, interstices impunctate. L. 2-| — 3 1. 

 Common. C. fcrrugineus, Clairv. 



C. liiiearis, Lin. is smaller, with rostrum shorter, thicker 

 and more dilated toward apex, thorax flat on disc, more 

 deeply and coarsely punctured, with two longitudinal im- 

 pressions at base, and tibiae less sinuated on iiuier-side. 



JPentarthrum. 



Narrow, nearly cylindrical. Eeddish-pitchy, rather 

 shiny, bare; antennae and legs lighter. Eostrum punctured 

 deeply at base, feebly toward apex; thorax elongate, 

 strongly punctured, broadest near base ; elytra with deep, 

 roughly punctured striae, interstices with a row of very 

 small punctures. L. If 1. Eare. P. Huttoni, Woll. 



CALANTmiDES, 



Eostrum variable in length, slightly curved, thickened 

 at base, cylindrical in front, scrobes placed neai' base on 

 lower part of sides, short ; thorax distinctly longer than 

 broad, a little shorter than elytra ; club of antennae oval 

 or oblong oval, episterna of metathorax moderately broad, 

 its epimera small ; epimera of mesotliorax visible from 

 above; body narrow, linear. Galandra,C\i\xxY. 



Calandra. 



A, Thorax with large, oblong punctures and impunctate 



central line. 



Brown, rarely black ; antennae and legs rust-red ; elytra 

 with deep punctured striae, interstices impunctate, alter- 

 nate ones somewhat raised at base. L. 1^ — If 1. Com- 

 mon. C. granaria, Lin. 

 J?. Thorax very closely punctured, punctures round and 



deep, impunctate central line indistinct. 



Pitch-black, dull ; a spot at shoulder, another behind 

 middle of each elytron and side margin reddish. Elytra 

 with extremely close punctured striae, interstices narrow. 



