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CEUTORHYNOHUS GERANIL 



The Geranium Weevil, 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Curculionidae. 



Type of the Genus, Curculio Geranii Payk. 



Ceutorhynchus Schiip., Germ., Schon., Curt. — Coeliodes, Nedyus, 

 Poophagus and Rhinoncus Schon. — Campylirhynchus Meg. — 

 Falciger Meg. — Rhynchaenus Fab., Gyll. 



AntenncE inserted at the middle of the rostrum, on each side, 

 rather short, slender, geniculated, slightly pilose, 12-jointed, 

 basal joint elongated, clavate, 2nd short obovate, 3rd slender 

 and longer than the 2nd or following, 4th and 5tli elongate- 

 ovate, 3 following ovate, 8th the stoutest, 9th saucer- shaped, 

 the remainder forming an ovate conic-club, 10th large and cup- 

 shaped, 11th smaU and saucer- shaped, 12th minute, ovate (6). 

 Mandibles subtrigonate, notched externally, with a trigonate 

 tooth at the apex and a larger one on the inside (2). 

 MaxiUce forming a rounded and very hairy lobe, densely ciliated. 

 Palpi short and 4-jointed ? basal joint cup-shaped,2nd and 3rd 

 short, more ring-shaped, 4th small, ovate -truncate (3). 

 Mentum orbicular, concave before. Lip small and ovate. Palpi 

 minute, triarticulate, 2 basal joints bowl-shaped, 1st the largest, 

 3rd very small and ovate (4). 

 Yie^A globose (7), nutant, not immersed to the eyes; rostrum consi- 

 derably longer than the head, filiform, a little curved, received into a 

 groove^ in the breast : eyes lateral, remote and ovate. Thorax sub- 

 ovate-truncate, anterior margin narroio and reflexed, the base bi- 

 sinuated, with spines or tubercles on the back or sides ; scutel con- 

 cealed in a deep channel. Elytra broad, short, orbicular or ovate, 

 scabrous, truncated at the base, the shoulders prominent, covering the 

 abdomen, excepting the pygidium : wings ample. Legs moderately 

 long and stout, nearly equal, anterior the most approximating : thighs 

 compressed, with a tooth beneath : tibiae clavate, with an external 

 blunt tooth towards the apex, where it is serrated with bristles and 

 truncated: tarsi spongy beneath, quudriarticulate, 2 basal joints ob- 

 trigonate, Srd bilobed, 4th small, clavate : claws small, bifid at the 

 apex (5, afore leg). 



Geranii Payk. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 345. 1. 



Black, shining, strongly and thickly punctured, excepting the 

 apex of the rostrum ; sparingly clothed with short rigid hairs ; 

 thorax with a short tooth on each side near the middle : elytra 

 with 10 deep punctured striae on each, the insterstices flat, with 

 a row of tubercles, each terminated by a short hair ; underside 

 clothed with white scales ; all the thighs with a small tooth 

 beneath and all the tibiae with a bristly tooth outside. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



Fhe extensive group termed Ceutorhynchus having been formed 

 nto several genera by Schonherr, I introduced all that were 



