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k Tibiae roundecl. 



/ Rostrum robust Hyperince. 



{Aloplms, Hijperay* Limohlas.) 



II Rostrum slender Erirhinince, 



(Procas, Grypidius, Erirhinus, DorytoniuSy 

 MecinuSylIyclronomus,Bagous,Tanysp]iyrusj 

 Smicronyx, Anoplus, Brachonyx.) 



kk Tibiae compressed ^ ^JETylobiincB, 



(LepyruSj My lob ins j Pissodes.) 



ii Antennae straight Apionince. 



(Apion.) 

 ee Pygidium exposed; if not, then the claws of the 



tarsi append iculate, divided or toothed. 

 m Intermediate segments of the abdomen not an- 



gulated at their extremity. 

 n Antennse straight. 

 The first two segments of the abdomen soldered 



together AttelahirKB. 



(Apoderus, Attelahus.) 

 00 All the abdominal segments free .... Hhinoinaceririce, 



{MhynchiteSf Rhinomacer.) 

 nn Antennae geniculate. 



p Posterior angles of the prothorax acute . . Magdalince. 

 {3Iagdalis.) 

 pp Posterior angles of the prothorax rectangular at 

 most. 



* M. Lacordaire gives the following in a note to this genus. " Syn. 

 Pliytonomus, Schunh. Curcul. Disp. Meth. p. 175; a name five years 

 posterior to that imposed on this genus by Germar, and wrongly adopted 

 by almost all Entomologists. Germar having given very detailed cha- 

 racters of his genus Hypera, Schonherr is without excuse in changing the 

 name." The same may be said of the genera Sitona, Sihynia, Magdalis, 

 Leiosoma, Baris, &c., which Schonherr has altered in the same wanton 

 manner. We hope to see a return to the older names. 



