INSECTA. 483 



t Rostrum elongate. Antennae geniculate, inserted in the mid- 

 ,le or in the base of rostrum. 



a) Antennae with only ten joints or fewer. Club biarticulate or 

 sub-solid, spongy at the extremity. 



Dryophtlwrus SCHUPPEL, SCHH. Tarsi with five joints. Antennae 

 exarticulate, short. Body elongate. 



Sp. Dr. Lymexylon, Lixus Lymexylon FABR., PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 

 18, Tab. 1 i, GUERIN Iconogr., Ins. PI. 39 bis, fig. 8 ; under oak-bark in 

 Sweden and Germany. 



Cossonus CLAIRV. Antennae short, with eight joints before the 

 lub ; club indistinctly articulate or sub-solid. Rostrum deflected. 

 ody elongate, winged. 



Sp. Cossonus ferrugineus CLAIRV. (and linearis ejusd.) Entom. helv. I. 

 Tab. i. p. 60, PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 18, Tab. 7. 



Sub-genera : Microxylobius CHEVR., Rhyncholus CREUTZER, Amor- 

 phocerus SCHOENH. and others of this author ; Gen. et Spec. Curcu- 

 lion. iv. pp. 989 1087. 



Calandra FABE., OLIV., Ehynchophorus HERBST, SCHOENH. An- 

 I nnae with seven joints before the club, inserted towards the base 

 \ rostrum. Elytra not covering the deflected apex of abdomen. 

 |ody winged. 



Sub-genera : Cercidocerus, Trigonotarsus GUERIN, Maerochirus 

 DE EUAN and several of SCHOENHERR; comp. 1. 1. pp. 816 988, 

 vni. 2, pp. 216 264. 



Sp. Calandra palmarum FABR., Curculio palmarum L., VOET Coleopt. IT. 

 Tab. 37, fig. 25, CUVIER R. Ani. edit, ill., Ins. PL 60, fig. 7 j South America ; 

 Calandra ferruginea FABR. , SULZER Gesch. d. Ins. Tab. 4, fig. 5, Curculio 

 hemipterus, Java, &c. ; large exotic species. In Europe, small species alone 

 are met with of this group ; everywhere dispersed, e.g. is Calandra granaria, 

 Curculio granarius L., LEEUWENHOECK 570 Missive of 6 Aug. 1687 (Ver- 

 volg der Brieven, &c. bl. 73 95, with a figure opposite to p. 84); PANZER 

 Deutschl. Ins. Heft 17, Tab. ri ; the common weevil. This little beaked- 

 beetle may cause great damage in granaries if the corn be not stirred or 

 turned, just like the wolf, Tinea granella, p. 394. 



I RJiina LATR., OLIV. Antennae with seven joints or sometimes 

 ic before the club, inserted towards the middle of rostrum. Elytra 

 fvering the extremity of abdomen. Body winged. Feet, especially 

 Iterior, very elongate. 



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