FAMILIES ATTELABID.* AND CURCULIONIDjE. 107 



Attelabidc8. 



Genus ATTELABUS (Lin.). 

 Broad : elytra subquadrate ; antennae eleven-jointed ; head not narrowed behind the eyes. 



Attelabus pubescens (Say)^ 

 Yellowish brown, pubescent : body short. 



Attelabus similis ( Kirby). 

 Head and legs steel-blue : body cylindrical ; thorax conical, rufous ; elytra rufous, punc- 

 tured. 



Attelabus anilis. 

 Small : head, thorax, abdomen, and extremity of the elytra steel-blue ; elytra with rufous 

 upon the shoulders. 



Curculionida). 



Phjllobides. 



Genls PHYLLOBiUS ( ScHoN.). Cdrculio (Lin.). 



Oblong-ovate, squamosa : tibia rounded ; rostrum short ; two and three joints of the 

 antennae elongate. 



Phyllobius T.EN1ATUS ( Say). 

 Gray or hoary, acute behind, widest near the extremity : elytra punctured, with four 

 darker lines, and darker upon the top of the thorax. 



Genus HYLOBIUS (Germ.). Curculio (Lin.). 



Oblong -ovate, winged : rostrum much longer than the head ; second antennal joint elon- 

 gate. 



HvLOBiufi PALES ( Hb.). ( Plate ii, fig. 6.) 



Brown, covered with close-pressed hairs ; liairs gray, in imperfect oblique bands across 

 the elytra ; punctures of the elytra parallel ; antennae angulated ; rostrum furnished 

 with an antennal groove. 



