212 RHYNCHOPHORA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



red, club short, darker ; femora pitch-black, tibiae and 

 tarsi rust-red. Eostrnm less stout than in L. ovatulus, not 

 so distinctly thickened before insertion of antennae and 

 much more strongly punctured (punctures forming irregular 

 longitudinal furrows), antennae and legs more slender, 

 anterior tibiae almost straight ; broader than L. ohlowjulns, 

 elytra with striae more distinct and shoulders more promi- 

 nent, antennae inserted farther from apex of rostrum. 

 Thorax strongly and very closely punctured. L. (including 

 rostrum) 1\ 1. Eare. L. troglodytes, Eye. 



Molytes, 



A, Femora with a sharp tooth. 



Black ; two lateral transverse spots on thorax and its 

 posterior margin with yellow scales ; elytra unspotted or 

 with only a few spots (not impressed). Tliorax finely 

 punctured, sides slightly rounded. L. 4| — 5J 1. Eather 

 common. M. coronatus, Latr. 



J?. Femora indistinctly toothed. 



Black ; sides of thorax and the elytra with many im- 

 pressed spots covered with yellow scales. Thorax rather 

 deeply punctured, sides rounded. L. 7 — 10 1. Not com- 

 mon. M.geTmanus,ljm. 



JRHYrAIlOS03III>BS. 



Eostrnm longer than head, somewhat angular, curved, 

 scrobes straight, not turning on to under-side ; funiculus of 

 antennae with six joints; eyes oval; thorax without ocular 

 lobes, presternum not impressed before anterior coxae, 

 scutellum absent. Orthochaetes, Germ. 



OrtJiochaetes, 



Oblong. Pitch-brown ; antennae and legs red-brown ; 

 head and thorax with rough recumbent gray hairs, latter 

 about as long as broad, punctured in wrinkles; elytra with 

 deep punctured striae, suture and alternate interstices 

 raised, with a row of erect, whitish-yellow bristles. L. 1^ 1. 

 Moderately common. 0. setiger, Germ. 



BYB SOP SIDES, 



J'orehead more or less impressed ; rostrum ratlier long, 



