COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 235 



RHYNCHITES COLLAIUS. 

 PLATE XX. Fie. 6. 



Antribus collaris, Fair. Sytt. Eleuth. 



The body of this small insect is covered with 

 short pubescence : the snout is rather long, de- 

 pressed at the apex, and of a black colour, as well 

 as the antennae. The thorax is very smooth, and 

 reddish : the elytra deep blue, pretty regularly stri- 

 ated: the under side and legs black. Found in 

 Carolina. 



The very remarkable genus Brentus has filiform 

 antennae, occasionally with the last joint thickened 

 —the rostrum very long and advanced — the whole 

 body unusually narrow, and the penultimate joint 

 of the tarsi bilobed. 



BRENTUS ANCHOKAGO. 



PLATE XXI. Fig. 1. 



Curculio Anchorago, Linn. — Degeer, Mem. Insect, v. 273. 



Body very narrow and elongate, shining black ; 

 the markings differing a little in the two sexes. In 

 the male the head has a groove in front, which is 

 wanting in the female. In the latter the thorax is 

 somewhat contracted in the middle, and in both 

 sexes it has a groove extending from the middle to 



