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MAGAZINE OF NATL^UAL IIISTOUY. 



[NlNl'll SiaUICS.] 



" prr litora »|inr);ilc iihm<.iiiii, 



Nniadvs, f t circiim vitreos ooiiniilitv foiitcg : 

 I'oUiof virtjinfo t<?niTO» hio cari'i''' fl'>ro» : 

 Fluribiis ot pictiim. (liv«. r<'("lete ciinintriini. 

 At vo». o ^fym|■^l» CratcriilfS, ite sub uii>la« ; 

 lie, rt-L-urrato rarinta rorallJH trtiiu-o 

 V'ellit<- miisoo-<i8 e rii|>ibii8, et inilii oonchas 

 Fertf, De* pelagi, ct piii|;ui conrhylia aiicco.", 



!f. Parlktnii GinHHelliui, Kvl. I . 



No. 1:5. JANUAllY l'JI<». 



I. — On the African Genera of IVbufless BracliytloriiKe with 

 Connate Claws {Culeopttra, CurculioniJie). By Guy A. K. 

 Marshall^ D.Sc. 



[Plato I.] 



Having liad occasion recently to identify a number of 

 South African weevils of the genus Strojthos imns, it l)eeanie 

 evident that several readily separable groups had been 

 a-ssoeiated under this name; and, moreover, as mi;j;ht have 

 been anticipated, a comparison of the Ethiopian s[)e(ies 

 with the ty|)ical European forms reveals the presence of 

 constant differeuccs, which render it desirable that they 

 should be separated generically. This has necessitated an 

 examination of all the allied African genera, for which 

 a synoptic key is here given. Unfortunately, two genera, 

 each comprising a single species, are unknown to me and 

 have tlicrcfore been omitted, viz. : ^'Efiojthrunus, i>iv\\\\., from 

 Natal, and lUusyridins, Frm. (C. R. Ent. Helg. xxxv. iSiJ., 

 J). 29H), from Somaliiand. The former, juili^in;^ from I^acor- 

 daire's description of the tarsi, is related to Minianlns, and 

 the latter will come near Pruscephnladcres. Schiinhcrr has 

 also assigned to tlie genus Cneonhinus three South African 

 Ann. (C- Mnq. X. Hint. Ser. 1). Vol.Vu. I 



