of Hijlobius Abietis in Fir Planlalioiis. 447 



• the Pinus Sylvestris, and devouring its resin; and then in his peculiar 

 style, he proceeds to describe its manners as follows : " Tarde incedit, 

 arete apprehendit, tenaciter adhteret. ore frustra cutem mordere tentat cap- 

 tious." There is, however, in this description, evidently sometliiug erro- 

 neous, for he finishes by observing that the larva spins a subglobose net 

 on leaves, and undergoes metamorphosis in it, thus confounding Hylobiui 

 with another and very different genus of the Curculionida. 



Curcuiio Abietis. Lin. Faun.Suec. 615. 



The description of this species, by Linnaeus, appears to be grounded on 

 his confounding an insect now called Pissocles Pint, with a small va- 

 riety of his original C. Pini. He describes his CurcuKo yiSie«s, which is 

 evidently our insect, as inhabiting the bark of the Pine. It is very simi- 

 lar, he says, to the Curcuiio Pini, but only half the size. This is, however, 

 a mistake according to PaykuU, as he ought to have said twice the size, 

 if he was comparing it with Pissocles pini. 



Curcuiio Pini. Lin. Syst. Nat. 608. 19. 



Curcuiio Abietis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 613. 57. 



Linnaeus here appears to think these two species the same, for he re- 

 marks, " Vidi copula junctos C. Pini et y/bietis." The observation would 

 scarcely however have been worth the recording, had he not had in his 

 recollection the examination of the Pissocles, when he took it for a small 

 %'ariety of C. Pini. 



Curcuiio Abietis. De Geer Ins. 5, p. 204. 1. 



Curcuiio Abietis. Fab. Spec. Ins. 1. 175. 84. 



Fabricius,entirelymisledby the last mentioned remark of Linnaeus, here 

 says, " Forte varietas sex&s C. Pini," which is impossible, for the C. Pini 

 of Fabricius is the Pissocles. 



Curcuiio Abietis. Fab. Syst. Entom. 138. 59. 



Curcuiio Abietis. Payk. Fn. Suec. 2. 187. 3. 



The principal observation of importance here made, is with respect to 

 the size, " MajoresC. germanum fere aquiparant, Minores vix dimidiam ejus 

 magnitudinem allingunt," — an observation which accounts for Linneeus's 

 considering his C. Abietis as diflferent from hi* C.Pini, and confounding a 

 small variety of this last with the Pissocles PinL 



Curcuiio Pini. Marsb, Ent. Brit. 1. 289. 152. 



Here the Pissoiles Pini is considered to bo (he C. Abietis of IJnnxus, and 

 (he C. Abietis of Linnaeus is described under the name of C. Pini and all 



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