212. 

 MAGDALIS CARBONARIUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Curculionidse Lat., Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Curculio Cerasi Linn. 

 Magdalis Germ., GijlL — ThamnojDliilus Schon. — Rhinodes Dej. — 

 Rhina Ol'w., Meg. — Rhynchsenus Fab., Gyll. — Curculio Linn., 

 Marsh. 



AntenncE inserted on each side the rostrum, nearer the apex in 

 the male (G) than female (Ca), slightly geniculated, 11 -jointed, 

 basal joint very long reaching to the eyes when at rest, 7 follow- 

 ing short, becoming larger and more globose towards the extre- 

 mity, the remainder forming an ovate conic pubescent club 

 (figs. 6, and Ga). 

 Labritm none. 



Mandibles rhomboidal, notched on the external side, producing 

 3 teeth at the extremity, the apical one being the smallest, the 

 others broad (2). 



Maxilla; short, forming internally a long membranous pubescent 

 and ciliated lobe. Palpi short rather robust, triarticulate, 1st and 

 2d joints transverse, 3d oval (3). 



Mentum suborbicular. Palpi as long as the mentum, triarticulate, 

 2 first joints transverse, 3d minute ovate (4). 

 Head rather broad at the base, the rostrum cylindric, arcuated shorter 

 and broader in the males (7) than in the females (8). T£.yes approxi- 

 mating especially in the females. Thorax subquadrate. Scutellum 

 distinct. Elytra elongated, subcylindric, convex, much broader than 

 the thorax. Wings ample. 1l\\\^\\^ frequently spined or tubercled. 

 Tibiae producing a strong claw at the apex. Tarsi 4-jointed, basal 

 joint rather the longest, 3d bilobed, 4th slender. Claws short robust 

 {5, afore leg). 

 Obs. tVie Trophi are figured from M. aterrimus Fab., the other parts 

 are from M. corbonarius. 



Carbonarius Linn. Faun. Suec. n. 614. 



Black, antenni3e pubescent and somewhat fuscous towards the 

 apex : more robust in the male than female. Head and rostrum 

 smooth and minutely punctured, the latter as long as the head 

 and thorax in the female. Thorax depressed, ovate-truncate 

 granulated, with a shining line down the centre, posterior angles 

 acuminated, the sides produced anteriorly and crenated. Elytra 

 shining, minutely wrinkled, with very deep crenated strice. Thighs 

 dentated beneath (7, head of the male ; 8, of the female). 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The few^ species contained in this genus have been described 

 under various names so frequently transposed, that their syno- 

 nyms have been very much confused ; and as even Gyllenhal 

 has changed his opinion since the publication of his 3d vol., 



