Rhynchitef. 23 



3: R. Bacchus: oblongus, aureo-cupreus 

 nitidus, longius pubefcens, antennis tar- 

 fisque nigris, elytris rugcfo-punclatis, 

 cbioiete itriatis. 

 P Var. &, forte femina, virefcenti-cuprea, 

 thorace utrinque fpina porrecta armato, 

 Herbft» Cot. 7. i*4* *♦ Tttb. 104. f 1. 

 /Ittelabus Bacchus. Fabr. Eleut. 2. 421. 27, 

 Paijk. fn. $. 172. 4, Panz. fn. 20. j. $. Crit. 

 Rev. 1, 123. 



Ci.rculie Bacchus. Linn. Syjl. 2. 611. 3$. 



Curculio purpureus. De Geer Inf. 5. 2jo> 38 . 

 Linn Sijft. 2. 607. 14. Fn. Sv. j$j. 



Habitat in Svecia AuftraH rarius. 



Defcr, Rb. Betuleti paullo longior, fed sngu- 

 flior, totus pube longiori ere£ea fufca undtque ad- 

 fperfus. Caput hreve convexum aureo- cupreum ni- 

 tidurn, fat profunde punctatum; ocuii giobofi brun- 

 nei ; rofrrum thorace longius, fub- arcuatum , pun- 

 cYis lineisque interruptis impreffum, bafi fufeo-cu- 

 preum, apicem verfus nonnihil diiatatum nigrum. 

 Am-enms ante medium roftri inferrae, & vix illo 

 longiores, nigras, pilofae, fiructura fere ut in Rb, 

 Betuleri, Thorax antice multo anguftior, bafi api- 

 ceque truncatus,- lateribus pone isedium dilatato-ro- 

 tund*tus, fuprs convexus, totus aureo- cupreus ni- 

 tid.us, crebre & profunde punclatus. Scuteilum ro- 

 tundatum fufco-cupreum. ESytra tbcracis bafi fere 

 dup!o i^ ; ora, humeris gibbis, & iiio fere qvadru- 

 pio longiora, apice finguiatim rotundata, dehifcen- 

 tia, fupra dorfo antico depreffa , tota aureo - cuprea 

 \ei purpurafccntia nitidiffima, punctis impreui*, 62 



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