146 EHYNCHOrilOKA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



a. Thorax almost as long as broad. 



Ovate. Black, scantily covered with gray hairs. Rostrum 

 not, or scarcely longer than thorax, narrowed toward apex, 

 punctured in front, smooth behind, with feeble central 

 furrow ; thorax rounded at base, narrowed in front, very 

 closely punctured ; elytra somewhat broader than thorax, 

 with distinct punctured striae ; femora usually with a small 

 tooth. L. 1^ — 1^ 1. Common. G. noctis, Herbst. 



b. Thorax much broader than long. 



I, Femora toothed. 



Ovate. Black, scantily covered with rather long, re- 

 cumbent gray hairs. Eostrum round, moderately long, not 

 much curved ; thorax indistinctly ridged in middle ; elytra 

 with punctured striae ; femora with a sharp tooth (except 

 anterior pair in female). Not common. L. 1^ 1. 



G. collinus, Gyll. 



II, Femora not toothed. 



Ovate. Black, somewhat shiny ; scantily covered with 

 short, recumbent whitish-gray hairs. Eostrum scarcely 

 narrowed toward apex, curved, in female nearly impunctate 

 at apex ; elytra with distinct punctured striae ; legs strong, 

 femora much thickened. L. 1| 1. Not common. 



G. linariae, Panz. 



CIOJ>f^II)US. 



A. Intercoxal process moderately broad, triangular. 



Club of antennae composed of three joints, sometimes 

 loosely, at others closely attached ; eyes rounded ; scutellum 

 scarcely visible, or absent ; elytra not broader than thorax ; 

 legs moderately long, femora sometimes toothed, tibiae 

 slender, straight, tarsal claws soldered or free ; second 

 abdominal segment larger than third and fourth together, 

 separated from first by a nearly straight suture. 



Nano'phyes, Schoenh. 

 jB. Intercoxal process very broad, parallel-sided and trun- 

 cate. 



Club of antennae distinctly articulate ; eyes oblong ; 

 scutellum rather large ; elytra distinctly broader than 

 thorax ; legs short, femora toothed (except often in female), 

 tibiae more or less curved at base, tarsal claws soldered ; 

 second abdominal segment larger than third and fourth 



