FAMILIES ATTKI.AniU.« ANI) fURCt l.lONlUjE. 107 



A(((-labidi>s. 



Genis ATTELAlilS ( Lin.). 

 Broad : elytra subfjuHflrate ; antenna> eleven-jointed ; lic.id not narrowed behind the eye«. 



Attelabus pubescens ( Say). 

 Yellowish brown, pubescent : body short. 



Attelabus similis ( Kirby). 

 Head and logs steel-blue : body cylindriciil , thorax conical, rufous ; elytra ruibus, punc- 

 tured. 



Attelabus anilis. 

 Small : head, thorax, abdomen, and extremity of the elytra steel-blue ; elytra with rufoni 

 upon the shoulders. 



Curculiouidae. 



Phjilobides 



Gems PHYLLOBIUS ( Scho.s.). CuncuLio ( Lin.). 



Oblong-ovate, squamose : tibia rounded ; rostrum short : two ntn\ three joint* of the 

 antennae elongate. 



PiiYLLOBirs tjeniatus ( Say), 

 (iray or hoary, acute behind, widest near the e.xtremity : elytra punctured, with four 

 darker lines, and darker upon the top of the thorax. 



Genls HYLOBIUS (Gfr.m.). Curcilio (Lin.). 



Oblong-ovate, winged : rostrum much longer than tlie head ; second antennal joint elon- 

 gate. 



Hvlobus pai.es ( Hi).). ( Plate ii, fig. 6.) 



Brown, covered with close-pressed hairs ; hairs gray, in imperfect oblique bands acioap 

 the elytra; punctures of the elytra parallel : antennjr angulated : rostrum furniphrd 

 with an antennal groove. 



