ENTOMOLOGICAL CABIN LT. 



LIXUS. Fabricius. 

 Family CURCULIQNIDj®. Leach. 



Antennae geniculated, the basal joint very much 

 elongated and received in a lateral oblique groove 

 on the sides of the rostrum, the insertion near the 

 apex ; the remaining joints but little longer than the 

 first, and terminating in a gradually formed acumi- 

 nated club : rostrum elongate, moderately robust, 

 nearly cylindric, and slightly curved : eyes circular, 

 slightly convex, of a moderate size : thorax oblong, 

 conic : elytra oblong, cylindric, attenuated and gap- 

 ing at the apex : legs long, slender, the femora cylin- 

 dric, anterior pair the longest and thickest. 



Sp. 1. L. productus. Black, antennae reddish 

 brown at the base, the club black, rostrum black at 

 the tip, the upper part of the thorax and elytra co- 

 vered with minute scales of a dirty yellow, abdomen 

 of a brighter yellow, legs of the same colour with 

 the elytra. 



Lixus productus. Marsham. Stephens. 



Length 7 to 8 lines. 



Inhabits drills in marshes. 



We first met with this insect in Plaistow Marshes, 

 in the month of September, 1810 or 11, at that time 

 it was considered very rare ; but some years since 

 it was found on aquatic plants, on the banks of the 

 Thames, near Putney, in the greatest profusion, by 

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