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558. 

 PACHYRHINUS COMARL 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Curculionidae. — Erirhinides Scho. 



Type of the Geiius, Curculio Comari Herbst. 

 Pachyrhintjs Kirby. — Hydaticus Scho. — Rhynchsenus Gyl. — Ceu- 

 torhynchus Germ., Curt. 



Antennce inserted in a lateral groove a little beyond the middle 

 of the rostrum, longer than the head, geniculated, capitate and 

 11-jointed, basal joint not half the length of the remainder, 

 stout and narrowed at the base, 2nd shorter, but longer and 

 stouter than the 6 following, 3rd and 4th slender and ovate, 3 

 following globose, 8th stouter and cup-shaped, with longish 

 hairs, the remainder forming a pubescent, ovate-conic club, 9th 

 joint the largest, 11th small (6). 



Mandibles subovate, concavo-convex, external margin notched, 

 one a little sinuated internally (2). 



MaxillcE short, the internal margin partially ciliated, and fur- 

 nished with several hooked spines. Palpi short, composed of 

 4 short joints, gradually decreasing in size, cup-shaped, the ter- 

 minal joint small and ovate (3). 



Mentum ? obovate. Palpi as long as the mentum, triarticulate, 

 basal joint the largest, ovate, 2nd subquadrate, 3rd small sub- 

 ovate (4), 

 Rostrum short, thick and a little curved : head subglobose : eyes rather 

 small remote and orbicular. (7, upper side of head.) Thorax trans- 

 verse, narrowed before, slightly tuberculated behind and bisinuated. 

 Scutellum very minute. Elytra ovate-convex, truncated at the base, 

 and not covering the apex of the abdomen. Wings ample. Legs not 

 short and rather slender, anterior approximating : thighs somewhat 

 inflated, with the apex a little capitate : tibiae nearly straight and 

 slightly clavate, the apex furnished with spiny bristles: tarsi jmbe- 

 scent beneath, 4-jointed, two first joints obtrigonate, basal one a little 

 longer than the 2nd, 2rd bilobed, 4th slender and clavate : claws 

 small curved and acute (5, afore leg). 



CoMARi Gyll. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 345. w. 56. 



Black, clothed with gray and other scales and strongly punctured; 

 yellowish-white beneath ; rostrum variegated with gray scales ; 

 thorax with a large black space at the base, with a pointed 

 tubercle on each side, a shallow channel and pale line down the 

 centre, the sides with large patches of brown and pale yellow ; 

 elytra punctured and deeply striated, variegated with numerous 

 gray spots of scales, forming a long spot doM^n the base of the 

 suture and several interrupted fasciae ; antennae castaneous, 

 basal joint the brightest, club gray with pubescence at the apex; 

 tips of thighs, tibiae and tarsi castaneous. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



