34 GENERIC SYNOPSIS, 
PLATYRHINUS Clv. Macrocernarus’p. Oliv. 1 sp. Cure. latirostris Bons. 
Oblong ; eyes entire; two basal joints of antenna short; club abrupt. Don. 
348. 1. 
ANTHRIBUS Fab. Macrocernatus p. Oliv. 1sp. Cure. albinus Linn. 
Oblong ; eyes emarginate ; antenne ¢ elongated; club narrow. Don. 348. 3. 
RHINOMACER Fab. Awnrurizus p. Oliv. 1 sp. Rh. attelaboides F. 
Rostrum elongate, dilated at the tip ; club of antennez slender. Steph. 21. f. 3. 
CHORAGUS Kirby. Anrurisus Robert. 2 sp. Ch. Sheppardi K. 
Saltatorial, short, ovate; antennz long; club 3-jointed ; head scarcely rostrated. 
Konbys ase 2529" 14. 
Family 2. ATTELABIDE Westw. 
Subfamily 1. Brenthides Westw. 
(There is no British species of this subfamily.) 
Subfamily 2.  Aételabides Westw. (Attelabus p. Linn.) 
APODERUS Oliv. Arretazus p. Fab. 1 sp. Att. avellane Linn. 
Antenne 12-jointed; head narrowed behind into a neck ; thorax narrowed in 
frontal yas leeple) Los 
ATTELABUS Linn. Cuyruus Thunb. 1 sp. Att. eurculionoides Linn. 
Broad ; elytra subquadrate; antenne 11-jointed; head not narrowed behind the 
eyes. Curtis 710. 
RHYNCHITES Herbst. Ruinomacer p. Geoff. 21 sp. Cure. Bacchus Linn. 
Antenne 11l-jointed; head with a thick neck; rostrum dilated at the tip; 
thorax conic-eylindric. Curtis 642. 
DEPORAUS Leach. Ruyncurtes p. Sch. 1 sp. Att. Betule Linn. 
Rostrum short, dilated at the tip; basal joints of antenne short, robust ; posterior 
femora ¢ thickened. Panz. 20. 15. 
RAMPHUS Clv. Ryncuanus p. Gyll. 1 sp. RA. flavicornis Cly. 
Rostrum elongate, filiform and incurved ; antennz short ; hind legs formed for 
leaping. Cly. 1. pl. 12. 
OXYSTOMA Dum. Avion p. Kirby. 3sp. Ap. ulicis K. 
Oblong, convex, very pubescent ; rostrum elongated, deflexed ; antennz basal. 
annes oro ple leat. 1. 
APION Herbst. Arius Billb. 93 sp.  Curc. frumentarius L. Curt. 211. 
Pear-shaped ; rostrum porrect ; antennz basal or medial. ; 
* 
Family 3. CURCULIONID* Leach. (Cureulio Linn. 
Gonatoceri Schonh. ) 
Legion 1. Brachyrhynchi Sch. 
Division 4. Brachyderides Sch. 
STROPHOSOMUS Billberg. Bryssus Meg. 16 sp. Cure. Coryli Fab. 
Apterous; rostrum short, thick ; eyes very prominent; third joint of antenne longer 
than the second. Panz. 19. 12. 

* Obs. — In the Synopsis of the genera of this family I have adopted the distri- 
bution of Schonherr’s great'work, omitting those divisions ( Brachycerides, Entimides, 
&c.) of which there are no British representatives, but retaining the numbers of 
Schonherr’s divisions, 
