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INSECTA. 487 
Polydrosus GERM., SCHOENH. 
Sp. Curculio sericeus GYLLENH. &c. 
Chlorophanus DALM. 
Sp. Curculio viridis L., Sunzur Kennzeichen d. Ins. Tab. mt. fig. 24; 
Scu2Frer, Lem. Entomol. 1766, Tab. 108, (Rhinomacer), PANZER Deutschl. 
Ins. Heft 107, Tab. 3; green, with longitudinal furrows on the shield- 
covers ; beneath, and also along the margins of the shield-covers, yellow ; 
. length, 52'"; very common with us. 
Brachyderes SCHOENH. 
Sp. Curculio incanus L., Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft 19, Tab. 8, RaTZEB. 
Forst-Ins, 1. Tab. tv. fig. 4, &c. wingless, greyish brown. 
Cneorhinus SCHOENH. 
Sp. Curculio geminatus Fasr., 3” long, with very short beak, very round 
abdomen, wingless, grey brown, with white felt-hairs ; very common on 
our sandbanks. 
Pachyrhynchus GERMAR. 
Here are to be referred several sub-genera, most of them apterous, pro- 
posed principally by ScHoENHERR. See his Tom. 1. pp. 499—515, V. 
pp. 800—853. 
Entimus GERMAR. 
Concerning several sub-genera to be referred here, see SCHOENHERR I. 
PP- 444—499, V. pp. 713799; apterous, most from Southern Africa (sub- 
genus Hipporhinus SCHOENH., with several species); winged, some from 
South America, especially Brazil. Sp. Curculio imperialis DRURY, FABR., 
LINDENBERG Naturforscher x. p. 86, Tab. 1. fig. 1, Otrvier Coleopt. 
No. 83, Pl. 1, fig. 1, Cuvier R. Ant, éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 57, fig. 6.1 
b) Antenne with only nine distinct joints, short, thick, arcuate. 
Brachycerus Fasr. Body apterous, with elytra connate, gib- 
bous. eet strong, with tarsi not spongy below. 
Sub-genera : Brachycerus Scuornu., Protomantis ScHOENH., 
Microcerus GYLLENH., ScHoENH. Comp. Scuoenu. 1. pp. 385—444, 
v. pp. 605—730. 
Sp. Brachycerus apterus F., Curculio apterus L., Vorv Coleopt. u. Pl. 335 
fig. a.—Brachycerus obesus Fasr., SunzEr Gesch. d. Ins. Tab. rv. fig. 10, 
1 This insect is commonly called Diamond-beetle, and in gorgeous colour exceeds, 
perhaps, all other natural objects. 
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