142 EHYNCHOPHORA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



rated from first by a slightly curved suture ; intercoxal pro- 

 cess broad, angular in front : femora gradually clubbed, 

 tibiae straight, strongly hooked at apex. Acallcs, Schoenh. 



-B. Channel for reception of rostrum not reaching beyond 

 anterior coxae. 



Eostrum elongate, scrobes commencing before middle, 

 very oblique, wholly visible laterally ; front of thorax 

 straight, without ocular lobes ; prosternum effaced before 

 anterior coxae ; intermediate abdominal segments nearly 

 equal, separated from first by a straight suture ; femora 

 gradually clubbed, tibiae straight, not hooked at apex. 



Or otitis. Germ. 



CryptorhyncJius. 



Black, dull ; sides of thorax, a basal band and apical 

 third-part of elytra closely covered with white scales ; 

 thorax and elytra with tufts of upright black scales. 

 Femora of male distinctly two-toothed. L. 3| — 4 1. 

 Common. C. lap at hi, Lin. 



Acalles, 



A. Upper-side without bristles. 



a. Elytra with an obtuse tubercle at base of second and 

 fourth interstices. 



Oblong-ovate. Pitch-black ; rostrum and antennae red- 

 brown ; covered unequally with grayish scales. Thorax 

 broadly and abruptly constricted in front, closely punc- 

 tured in wrinkles, with central furrow behind, sides straight ; 

 elytra with deep punctured striae, interstices ridged, second 

 and fourth with obtuse tubercle at base. L. 1^ 1. Mode- 

 rately common. A. rob or is, Curt. 



&. Elytra without tubercles. 



Ovate. Pitch-black ; rostrum, antennae and legs reddish ; 

 scantily covered with gray scales, collected into more or less 

 distinct transverse bands on elytra. Eostrum slightly 

 curved, punctured ; thorax almost longer than broad, 

 slightly narrowed in front, neither closely nor deeply 

 punctured, without central furrow ; elytra with deep punc- 

 tured striae, interstices convex. L. 1 1. Moderately 

 common. A. ptinoides, Marsh. 



7?. Upper-side with long upright bristles (besides scales). 



