CLASS VIII. ORDER V. 10& 



CURCULIO, (weevil,) antennae subclavate situat- 

 ed on the snout ; snout horny prominent. 



PALSUS, antennae of 2 joints, the upper very 

 large, inflated, moveable, and hooked ; head 

 stretched forward j wing-sheaths flexile, deflec- 

 ted, truncate. 



MYCETOPHAGUS, body oval ; antennae gradual- 

 ly enlarged, perfoHate in a great number, (they 

 terminate in a mass of three or four articulations 

 upon each other.) They live in mushrooms and 

 under the bark of trees. 



CERAMBYX, (goat-chaffer, goat-horns,) antennae 

 slender and gradually attenuated ; thorax either 

 spiny or bulging ; wing-sheaths sublinear ; body 

 oblong. 



LEPTURA, (wood-beetle,) antennae setaceous ; 

 wing-sheaths attenuated towards the tip ; thorax 

 subcylindric. 



NECYDALIS, antennae setaceous ; wing-sheaths 

 smaller, shorter and narrower than the wings ; tail 

 simple. 



HISPA, (prickly-beetle,) antennae spindle-form, 

 approximate at the base, situate between the eyes ; 

 thorax and wing-shells generally aculated. 



CASSIDA, (tortoise-beetle,) antennae moniliform, 

 thickening towards the tip ; head concealed be- 

 neath the shield of the thorax ; thorax and wing- 

 sheaths dilated and margined; body oval, convex, 

 flat beneath. 



CHRYSOMELA, antennae moniliform, thickening 

 towards the tip ; thorax margined ; body ovate or 

 oblong, convex. 



