226 RHYNCHOPHORA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



Short ovate. Black ; antennae and legs red-brown ; 

 with scanty gray pubescence. Eostrum punctured in 

 wrinkles ; thorax almost globular, closely wrinkled, with 

 short central ridge ; elytra shiny, with rather fine punc- 

 tured striae, dorsal interstices flat, nearly smooth, lateral 

 ones finely wrinkled ; femora strongly toothed. L. 2 — 2^ 1. 

 Common. 0. ovatus, Lin. 



b h. Body rust-red. 



Eust-red ; antennae and legs red-yellow. Similar to 0. 

 ovatus, but with antennae and legs shorter and less robust; 

 thorax less strongly tuberculated, disc only feebly wrinkled; 

 elytra longer, narrower and more parallel-sided, with pu- 

 bescence shewing traces of spots ; rostrum narrower. L. 2 1. 

 Not uncommon. 0. muscorum, Bris. 



BBA CMYDBBIDJES, 



A, Anterior margin of thorax with a flattened tuft of stiff 

 hairs on f -i side behind eyes. 



Eostrum at most as long > - head, thick, parallel-sided 

 or nearly so, angular, flat, often ith a central ridge or furrow, 

 apex triangularly emarginate or nearly entire ; scrobes 

 short, curved, widened behind, usually not reaching eyes ; 

 antennae rather long and slender, thorax longer than 

 broad ; scutellum elongate triangular ; elytra broader 

 (sometimes only slightly) at base than thorax, shoulders 

 callous or obliquely rounded ; truncate surface at apex 

 of posterior tibiae very oblique, acutely triangular ; its 

 outer margin more or less reflex ed, forming a cavity ; third 

 joint of posterior tarsi much broader than first and second. 



Tanymecus, Schoenh. 



JB. Anterior margin of thorax without stiff hairs behind 

 eyes. 



a. Truncate surface at apex of posterior tibiae (on which 

 is inserted the tarsi) with outer margin not reflexed. 



I. Elytra broader at base than thorax, shoulders 

 angular. 

 1, Tarsal claws soldered. 



A A, Scrobes meeting beneath. 



Head slightly elongate, reversed conical ; rostrum shorter 

 and a little narrower than head, rather thick, parallel- 



