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CURCULIO BETULGE. 
CoLEOPTERA, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. é 
Antenne clavated; elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the fnout, 
which is prominent and horny. Joints in each foot, four. 
* Snout long. 
S$PECIFIC CHARACTER. | 
Green-gold. Antenne and. con black. The anterior verge of 
fa bi thorax {pinous in one fex only. | 
Syft, Ent. 130. i 
Linn. Syft. Nat. 2.611. 39. 
Fn. Sv..605. 
Wt Degeer In. 5. 248u 5. Tab. Te Hb BiG, 
Rhinomacer, &c. Geoff Inf. 1. 270. 2. 
- Frifeh. Inf. 12. 17. Tab. 8. Fig. 2. 
Sulz, Hift. Inf: Tab. 4. Fig. 5. 
Schaef: Icon... Tab. 6. Fig. 4. 
The Esiiece dolentiiaen of ihe Curculio Betula, fo nearly corre- 
{ponds with that of C. Populi, that if we allow for the variation of 
colour to which all Infects are fubject, a line can fcarcely be drawn: 
between the two fpecies ; the moft material diftinQion is the underfide 
of C. Betule being of the fame colour as the back; but the Maderlias 
of C. Popul is purple, and {maller. 
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