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and bulbiform ; rostrum more or less elongate, moderately robust, its 

 two parts of equal length, the basal conical, then swelling and convex 

 between the antennae, the anterior a little arched, quadrangular or 

 rounded, gradually, and in general, dilated at the end ; the mandibles 

 slightly prominent. Antennae, medium, among the greater number of 

 species attaining (hardly) the prothorax, robust, gradually thickening, 

 more rarely filiform ; their basal joint obconical, and longer and stouter 

 than the others, which are cylindrical, often hispid, the eleventh joint 

 longer than the tenth, attenuated at apex. Prothorax elongate, attenu- 

 ated anteriorly, frequently depressed and deeply canaliculate ; convex, 

 conical, and without furrow in some species ; abruptly narrowed at its 

 base. Elytra longer than the prothorax, depressed and plane above, 

 appendiculate or not at the extremity. Legs moderate, the anterior a 

 little longer and more robust than the others ; femora briefly peduncu- 

 lated or not at their base, the posterior attaining or not the tip of the 

 second abdominal segment ; tibia compressed, the anterior angular, 

 scollopped or dented at the middle inwardly ; tarsi spongy underneath, 

 joints one to three short, equal. The two first segments of the abdomen 

 longitudinally excavated. Body elongate, smooth. 



In the female the head is always shorter and less narrowed behind 

 than in the male ; the rostrum also is shorter, and its anterior part fili- 

 form ; and the prolongation of the apices of the elytra is quite rudi- 

 mentary. 



960. B. cylindricornis, Fabricius ; Syst. EL, ii., /. 554. B. 

 femoribus dentatis, thorace rotundato, nigro aeneo, elytris ferrugineis, 

 flavo-substriatis. 



Hab. in Nova Zealandia. 



NOTE. I have not seen this species, which, from the description, 

 does not belong to Brenthus. 



Lasiorhynclms. 



Lacordaire ; Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. vii.,/. 469. 



Head elongate, perfectly cylindrical, scarcely contracted behind, 

 without a distinct neck ; rostrum continuous with it, almost as long as 

 the body, its basal part cylindrically conical, strongly inflated at the 

 antennal insertion ; the anterior short, depressed, gradually widened in 

 front. Antenna a little shorter than the snout, very slender, shaggy ; 

 first joint stout, clavate, the following sub-equal, joints two to eight 

 nodose at the end, nine to eleven cylindrical. Eyes moderate, promi- 

 nent. Prothorax very elongate, almost quite conical, a little depressed 

 and narrowly canaliculated above, finely margined at its base. Elytra 

 parallel for two-thirds of their length, then gradually narrowed, pro- 

 longed and clavate, concave underneath, compressed at the base ; very 

 plane above with regularly punctured striae. Legs very long, femora 

 elongate, clavate, briefly pedunculated at their base, the posterior nearly 

 reaching the extremity of the abdomen ; tibia almost rounded ; first 

 joint of the tarsi notably longer than the second and third united, third 



