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F I G. III. III. 

 CURCULIO RUFUS. 



RUFOUS CURCULIO. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Rufous : eyes, breaft, and abdomen anteriorly black. 



Curculio rufus : rums., oculis, pe&ore, abdonrineque antice nigris, 

 Marjh. Ent. Brit. T. I. p. 26l.jp. 69. 



Curculio viminalis. Fair. Si/Jl. Ent. 145. 92. — Sp. Inf. \. 

 184. 126.— Mant. 1. 110. 115.— Ent. Syft. 1. p. 

 2.447. 223. 



Cu^ulio faltator Ulmi. De Geer, Inf. V. 260. 48. t. 8. J. 5. 



Curculio rufus, femoribus pofticis craflioribus, elytris rufis. Le Cha~ 

 ranfon fauteur brun. Geoffr. Inf. I. p. 286. n. 19. 



-,A very dark coloured variety of this fpecies has been given already in 

 this work, Fig. I. PI. 249. The prefent figure is introduced in order 

 to convey a more accurate idea of the general afpect of the infect. T hey 

 are occafionally found to vary from a pale yellowifh, or clay colour, 

 to deep rufous, but the moil frequent variety is that now repn fented. 

 -Found on the nut trjee. 



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