7GG. 

 BARIS ANALIS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Curculionidae. Cholides Sclion, 

 Type of the Genus, Rhynchsenus ArtemisicS Fab. 



Baris Germ.,Dej., Curt. — BaridiusSc/zow. — RhyncheenusFffJ., Gt/Il. 

 — Curculio Linn., Mars. 



Antenna inserted in a groove on each side of the rostrum, to- 

 Avards the apex (7), about the length of the whole head, geni- 

 culated, 12-jointed, basal joint long and clavate, but not reach- 

 ing the eyes, 2nd rather long and stout, 3rd slender, elongate- 

 obovate, 5 following pilose, globose-quadrate, increasing in 

 size, the remainder forming a stout, ovate-conic, pubescent 

 club, the 9th joint being very large, the remainder transverse, 

 the apical one very small (6). 



Mandibles subtrigonate, the apex bifid, with a shoulder beneath 

 and a notch outside (2). 



Maxilla small and slender, with an elongated lobe, ovate at the 

 apex and ciliated. Palpi short, but extending beyond the lobe, 

 triarticulate, 2 basal joints subglobose, 3rd minute and ovate 

 (3). 



Mentum scutiform, with a long bristle near each angle. Palpi 

 small, triarticulate, basal joint subquadrate, apparently with a 

 long bristle at the apex, 2nd ovate, 3rd very minute (4). 

 Head short, rostrum long, curved, stoutish, ivith a deep narrow groove 

 on each side, someivhat beneath, extending nearly to the base : eyes 

 immersed, remote above, but somewhat approximating beneath (7 head 

 of B. analis). Thorax ovate-quadrate, twice as broad as the head 

 at the base, with a fovea in front of the pectus : scutel minute. 

 Elytra elliptic, convex but depressed, scarcely broader than the tho- 

 rax, apex rounded. Wings ample. Legs equal, anterior coxje re- 

 mote : thighs incrassated in the middle, tiotched beneath towards the 

 apex : tibise stoutish, tapering to the base, the apex with a claiv on 

 the inside, smallest in the hinder pair .• tarsi attached to the outside, 

 broad and 5 -jointed, spongy beneath, basal joint elongate-clavate, 

 27id obtrigonate, 3rd large, hilobed, 4th minute, 5th long, slender 

 and clavate : c\av\is stout and acute (5, a fore leg). 



Analis Oliv. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 337. 



Deep slate-black, slightly glossy : rostrum and head sparingly 

 punctured: thorax quadrate-semiovate, very strongly punctured, 

 with a smooth line down the back : elytra ferruginous beyond 

 the middle, with 9 strong sharp furrows on each, with minute 

 punctures on the interstices, and a series of white hairs on each : 

 legs punctured, with minute wliite hairs ; hooks of tibiae ferru- 

 ginous. 



In Mr. Rudd's Cabinet. 



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