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INSECTA. 483 
t Rostrum elongate. Antenne geniculate, inserted in the mid- 
dle or in the base of rostrum. 
a) Antenne with only ten joints or fewer. Club biarticulate or 
sub-solid, spongy at the extremity. 
Dryophthorus ScuUPPEL, Scuu. Tarsi with five joints. Antenne 
sexarticulate, short. Body elongate. 
Sp. Dr. Lymexylon, Lixus Lymexylon Fasr., PANzER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 
18, Tab. 11, GuéRIN Iconogr., Ins. Pl. 39 bis, fig. 8; under oak-bark in 
Sweden and Germany. 
Cossonus CLAIRY. Antenne short, with eight joints before the 
club; club indistinctly articulate or sub-solid. Rostrum deflected. 
Body elongate, winged. 
Sp. Cossonus ferrugineus Cuatry. (and linearis ejusd.) Entom. helv. 1. 
Tab. I. p. 60, Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft 18, Tab. 7. 
Sub-genera : Wicroxylobius Cuevr., Rhyncholus CreuTzER, Amor- 
phocerus SCHOENH. and others of this author ; Gen. e¢ Spec. Curcu- 
lion. Iv. pp. 989—1087. 
Calandra FAsr., OLIV., Rhynchophorus Hersst, SCHOENH. An- 
tenn with seven joints before the club, inserted towards the base 
of rostrum. Elytra not covering the deflected apex of abdomen. 
Body winged. 
Sub-genera: Cercidocerus, Trigonotarsus Gu¥RIN, Macrochirus 
Dr HAAN and several of ScHOENHERR ; comp. 1. 1. pp. 816—988, 
vu. 2, pp. 216—264. 
Sp. Calandra palmarum Fapr., Curculio palmarum L., Vort Coleopt. 11. 
Tab. 37, fig.25, Cuvier R. Ani. édit. ill., Ins. Pl. 60, fig. 7; South America ; 
—Calandra ferruginea Fasr., SuLZER Gesch. d. Ins. Tab. 4, fig.5, Curculio 
hemipterus, Java, &c. ; large exotic species. In Europe, small species alone 
are met with of this group ; everywhere dispersed, e.g. is Calandra granaria, 
Curculio granarius L., LEEUWENHOECK 57e Missive of 6 Aug. 1687 (Ver- 
voly der Brieven, &c. bl. 73—95, with a figure opposite to p. 84); PANZER 
Deutschl. Ins. Heft 17, Tab. 11; the common weevil. This little beaked- 
beetle may cause great damage in granaries if the corn be not stirred or 
turned, just like the wolf, Tinea granella, p. 394. 
Rhina LAatr., Otty. Antenne with seven joints or sometimes 
six before the club, inserted towards the middle of rostrum. Elytra 
covering the extremity of abdomen. Body winged. Feet, especially 
anterior, very elongate. 
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