ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



CLEONUS SULC1ROSTRIS. Schon. 



Black and covered more or less with ash coloured 

 hair, the head has on each side hefore the eyes a 

 whitish line extending to the extremity of the ros- 

 trum—the base of the head is of the same colour : 

 thorax with the sides greyish, and defined by a 

 lighter line in a direction from the eye, that curves 

 as the thorax enlarges at its posterior part ; there is 

 also a line of the same colour down the centre, and 

 joins the scutellum which is somewhat brighter ; the 

 elytra are covered with greyish hair, and studded 

 with various sized patches that give under the glass 

 a very irregular appearance, but as the larger spots 

 predominate, to the naked eye they form three 

 blackish bands, the first taking origin at the shoulder 

 and meeting the opposite one at about a third part 

 from the scutellum ; the second band a little below 

 with the same inclination and the third a mere 

 streak that terminates at the apex of the eltyra ; 

 such is the appearance in a perfect specimen of the 

 most general kind, but they are subject to great vari- 

 ety from age and also from circumstances of the 

 locality of the insect, as we sometimes find them 

 clouded with reddish hair, but this will frequently 

 fade : the under side is black as are also the legs, 

 and covered more or less with greyish hair. Length 

 from 6 to 7 lines. 

 This species of curculionidae, which is amongst the 

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