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IIG. 

 HYPERA FASCICULOSA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Curculionid^ Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Curculio punctatus Fab. 



Hypera Germ. Rhynchsenus Gyll. Cuvculio Linn., Fab., Lat., Marsh., 

 Herbst. 



Antenncc inserted on each side the rostrum, beyond the middle, 

 geniculated, longer than the rostrum, pilose, I'i-jointed, 1st 

 joint long clavate, 2ndand3rdshortclavate, 3 following globose, 

 7th and 8th transverse, the remainder forming a conical pubes- 

 cent club (6). 

 Labncm none. 



Mandibles irregular in form, with an obscure tooth near the apex 

 and a notch near the base, furnished with only one bristle on the 

 external edge (2). 



Maxilla: ciliated on the internal edge with hair and curved spines. 

 Palpi not longer than the maxillae 3-jointed, 1st and 2nd joints 

 robust quadrate, 3rd short conic (3). 



Mentum obtrigonate, angles rounded, along bristle on each side. 



Palpi longer than the mentum, robust, 1st joint subquadrate, 



with a long bristle on the outside, 2nd subovate, 3rcl slender 



subovate (4), 



Head globose produced into a robust rostrum, slightly curved, somewhat 



wedge-shaped (7*). Eyes lateral placed at the base of the rostrum 



(7). Thorax suborbicular, truncated before. Coleoptra /aro-e, con- 



vex, twice as broad as the thorax, somewhat conical. Wings 2. Scu- 



tellum minute. Thighs sub-clavate, notched beneath near the apex. 



Tibiae cijUndric truncated, anterior curved. Tarsi 4-jointo/, 3rd joint 



bilobed, 4th the longest (o, afore leg). 



Fasciculosa Gyll. Ins. Suec. 3. 107. 37. — fasciculatus Herbst. — Dauci 

 Oliv. ? 



Minutely punctured, covered with scales. Antennpe ferruginous, 

 fuscous at the apex. Head brown ; upper surface of rostrum, 

 beneath the eyes (which are black) and a line on the crown of 

 the head pale yellowish. Thorax brown, variegated, a line down 

 the centre, one on each side and a spot on each side pale ochre. 

 Scutellum whitish. Elytra obscurely punctured in striae, brown 

 mottled. Suture ochraceous spotted alternately on each side with 

 black ; a large semicircular spot on each side (margined with 

 dark brown), a line near the margin and smaller spots near the 

 apex pale ochre. Legs reddish brown, variegated with hoary pu- 

 bescence. 



Obs. There are strong varieties of this species, some inclining more 

 to black with the spots and markings white instead of ochraceous. 

 In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



