ATTELABUS. ATTELABUS. 



Generic Character. 



Caput postice attenuatum. 

 Antennte apicem versus 



crassiores. 



Head attenuated behind. 

 Antenna thickening to- 

 wards the tip. 



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'F the genus Attelabus one of the principal 

 species is the Attelabus Coryli of Linnaeus, which 

 is a smallish insect, found chiefly on hazel trees, 

 and is black, with red wing-sheaths; and a variety 

 sometimes occurs in which the thorax is red also: 

 it usually measures about a quarter of an inch in 

 length. 



A much smaller species is the Attelabus Betultf, 

 which is found on the Birch: it is entirely of a 

 black colour, and is remarkable for gnawing the 

 leaves of that tree, during the early part of spring, 

 in such a manner that they appear notched on the 

 edges. The thighs of the hind-legs in this insect 

 are of a remarkably thickened form. The larvae 

 of the Attelabi do not seem to have been distinctly 

 described, but they probably bear a resemblance 

 to those of the genus Curculio. Linnaeus refers 

 to the genus Attelabus some insects which by 

 later entomologists have been otherwise arranged: 

 among these is the elegant species called Attelabus 

 apiariusy so named from the mischief which its 



