284 THE ENTOMOLOGIST, 



condensing ihe account of the author just cited, referable, 

 however, to European species. 



1. RhinomaceridcB. — The European species deposits the 

 eggs in the male flowers of Pinus niaritimus, the development 

 of which is thus prevented. I may be allowed to observe 

 that this synthetic genus, the nearest approach in the 

 Rhynchophora to the lower Heteromera, and therefore the 

 representative of old forms clings to an old and synthetic 

 type of vegetation. 



2. Fihync] lit idee. — Some of the species of Rhyuchites roll 

 leaves in the manner of the next family ; others deposit their 

 eggs in young fruit, the kernel of which is eaten by the 

 larva; others, again, place the eggs in the undeveloped buds 

 of trees, which are thus destroyed. 



3. Attelabidce. — In the spring the females roll up the 

 leaves of the trees, and deposit in each an egg. After 

 emerging from the egg the young larvae eat the inside layer 

 of the case which covers them, which they probably leave at 

 a later period, when their growth is complete, to perfect their 

 metamorphosis under ground. 



These three families are of small extent, and but little need 

 be said regarding their classification. 



RHINOMACERID.E. 



This family is represented in our Fauna by two species, — 

 one on each slope of the Continent, — and is easily recognized 

 by the depressed, curved, and acute mandibles, and distinct 

 labrum. The pygidium is covered by the elytra, which are 

 punctured, without any appearance of striae. On the inner 

 face there is no trace of a lateral fold; the epipleura) are 

 indistinct. 



Attelabid^. 



Four species of Attelabus on the Atlantic slope are the 

 only representatives thus far known in our Fauna. The beak 

 is stouter than in the preceding family, and the mandibles 

 thicker and stronger; the epipleura? are quite distinct, and 

 there is no trace of a lateral fold on the inner face of the 

 elytra ; the pygidium is not covered by the elytra, and is 

 impressed along its upper margin for the reception of the 



