INSECTA. 485 



Small leaping beaked-beetles, of which the larrse feed on the paren- 

 chyrae of leaves. Sp. Orchestes Aini, Curculio Alni L., VOET Coleopt. II. 

 Tab. 40, fig. 51, DUMERIL Cons. gen. s. I. Ins. PI. 16, fig. 8; Orchestes 

 populi, Rhynchcenus populi F., PANZER DeutscJil. Ins. Heft 18, Tab. 17 ; 

 Orchestes fagi, Rhynchcenus fagi GYLLENH., KATZEBURG Forst-Ins. i. 

 Tab. iv. fig. 14, &c. 



Tachyerges SCHOENH. 



Rhynchamus FABR. (in part), Erirhinides SCHOENH. Anterior 

 et approximate at the base ; posterior not saltatory, 



Balaninus GERMAR. Rostrum slender, arcuate, very long (longer 

 than half the body, sometimes than the whole body). 



Sp. Khynchcenus nucum, Curculio nucum L., EOESEL Ins. in. Suppl. Scar, 

 terr. Cl. iv. Tab. 67, figs, i 6, PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 42, Tab. 21. 



Anthonomus GERMAR. Rostrum of the length of head and 

 thorax, little arcuate. Feet somewhat long; anterior longer, with 

 thighs thick, dentate. Body sub-oval, pubescent. 



Sp. Rhynchcenus pomorum FABR., Curculio pomorum L., VOET Coleopt. n. 

 Tab. 35, fig. 8 ; KATZEBURQ Forst-Ins. i. Tab. v. fig. 8 ; V. BERCK Ver- 

 handeling ten bewijze, dot niet de zwarte vliegen, maar de olifants-of snuit- 

 torretjes de bedervers zijn van de blcemen der vruchtboomen. Haarlem, 1827, 

 8vo. (figure on the title-page.) This little beetle bores in the blossom-buds 

 of the apple a hole with its beak, and lays an egg in it ; the larva consumes 

 the anthers and the pistil ; the blossoms become brown, and close round 

 the little animal ; after four or five weeks the perfect insect makes its 

 appearance from a round aperture in the spoiled blossoms. 



Add many genera or sub-genera which must be here omitted; 

 comp. SCHOENHERR Tom. in. pp. 154 489, vii. 2, pp. 27 369. 



Lixus FABR. Rostrum thickish, little arcuate. Antennsa short, 

 with club oblong, fusiform, four-jointed. Thorax conical, of the 

 breadth of elytra at the base. Body elongate, pubescent, covered 

 with dust (farinose). Elytra sometimes dehiscent at the apex, 

 acuminate. 



Sp. Lixus turbatus GYLLENH., Curculio paraplecticus PANZER Deutschl. Ins. 

 Heft 6, Tab. 15, DUMBRIL Cons. gen. s. I. Ins. PI. 16, fig. 10, EVERS- 

 MANN Bullet, de la Soc. Imp. de Moscou xvi. 1843, PP- 53 534> PI- vnl - 

 f. 25 (metamorphosis). This species is often confounded with Lixus para- 

 plecticus L., Curculio phellandrii DE GEER Ins. v. PI. 7, figs. 3 9. The 

 larvae of this beetle live in the hollow stalk of Phellandrium aquaticum and 

 other umbel-flowering plants. 



Comp. on this and other allied genera SCHOENHERK in. pp. i 154, 

 vii. i, pp. 418 479, 2 > PP- i *6. 



