^•TTELABUSi 3^5 



Genus XV. — Attdahus. 



1 HIS tribe very much refernbles the lad, but is inferior 

 in fize and beauty : The animals which compofc it have 

 the head inclined, and gradually tapering towards the 

 thorax j the antennae increafe in thicknefs as they ap- 

 proach the extremity *. 



Attelabus curculionoides has obtained its name from its 

 refembling the curculio ; the antennse are fliort, fixed on 

 the point of the head, which is of a triangular ftiape, 

 having the (harp angle joined to the thorax ; the head, 

 part of the thorax, and belly, are black j the reft of tke 

 infeft is of a fine red. 



Vol. III. 3 C 



• Syftema Nat. p. 619. • 



