Rhynthcenuf* 595 



fer pur&ulato, iemoribus obfolete denta- 

 tis. 



Fabr. Eleuf. 2/446. 42.? 



Curculio Rubi. Herbfi. CoL 6. 167. 126* T<xb c 

 1i. f. S. 



CurcuHo metanopierus. Marjh. Ent. Br. 1, 2$?* 

 ifi. : 



Va»\ b, plytris, pedibus abdomlneque fu« 

 fco-ferrugineis. 



Habitat in Rubo ideeo, csefio, aliisque T nor* 

 infrequens, 



Defcr. Varietati b , prsecedentis ," qiiidem valde 

 •fimilis. fcd adhnr minor, pubefcentia brevior, thorajc 

 confertiffime, fubtiliter punclulatus, & femora minu- 

 tiffim^ dentata. Caput psrvum, rorwndatum, ni^rum f 

 fubtiliffime pun&ulatum. tenue pubefcens , fronre lm- 

 prefO* ; ocuii nign , parum prowinuli; roftrum ion- 

 gitudine dimidii corporis, arcuatum, nigrum, obfo- 

 lete carinatum. Antenr se rofrro cnm capite Ibngio- 

 fes , tenues, bafi ferrugirese feu picese, extrorfurri 

 uigrse, cisva oblobga* Thorsx anfcice coafCtstus & 

 prope apicem transverfim imprefTus, lateribus parum. 

 YOtundatus , b*fi Jeviter %\ firfujftus; fupra convexus e 

 *nger, op*cu«, confettiffime fubtiliter granulato. pun- 

 <ftatus, pube brevi, t* nui, cinerea, interdum in me- 

 <dio & verfus latera in tres lineas obfoletas conden- 

 fata,- adfperfus. Scutellum parvum, rotuidatum, ele- 

 vatum, pube albida tectnm, Elytra thoracis bafi du 

 midio latiora, humeris prcminulis, & illo fere 

 quintuplo Jongiora, fupra valde convexa, nigra, o- 

 paca, profunde pun6lato-(rri?ta , pube tenui cinerea 

 deprefla, adfperfa* Corpus fubtus nigrum, punclula* 



N % mm» 



