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710. 

 ATTELABUS CURCULIONOIDES. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Curculionidae. 



Type of the Genus, Attelabus curculionoides Linn. 



Attelabus Linn., Fab., Lat., Gyll., Schon.,Curt. — Curculio DeGeer. 

 Antenna inserted in cavities on each side of the top of the ros- 

 trum and near to the eyes (6), longer than the head, capitate, 

 not geniculated, pilose and 11-jointed, 2 basal joints stout and 

 ovate, 6 following narrower, subpyriform, 3rd shorter than the 

 4th ; 5th like the 3rd ; 6th, 7th and 8th shorter and more glo- 

 bose, the remainder forming an elliptical club, 9th joint subpy- 

 riform, 10th shorter, 11th lemon-shaped, the apex being a little 

 acuminated. 



Mandibles short, but visible at the end of the rostrum, concavo- 

 convex, one bifid at the apex (2), the other with an obscure 

 tooth on each side of the apex. 



Maxilla short, with a long internal lobe rounded at the top and 

 densely margined, with stout obtuse bristles. Palpi short, stout 

 and attenuated, attached to scapes, triarticulate, 1st and 2nd 

 joints cup-shaped, 3rd the smallest, ovate (3). 

 Mentum large, concave before. Labium large and suborbicular, 

 the anterior margin slightly concave with a triangular lobe in 

 the middle, the sides dilated and rounded. Palpi short, at- 

 tached on each side of the lip beyond the middle, biarticulate, 

 basal joint cup-shaped, 2nd small, ovate, the apex glandular 

 and producing a seta (4). 

 Head and rostrum not longer than the thorax, the former oblong, sub- 

 cylindric, not narrowed at the base (7), the latter deflexed, a little 

 curved, stout and dilated at the apex : eyes remote from the thorax, 

 rather small and globose. Thorax convex, semiovate, truncated be- 

 fore, broadest at the base which is convex : scutel rather large, and 

 elongate-ovate. Elytra broad, short and convex, ovate, truncated at 

 the base and broader than the thorax, gaping, the apex of each ely- 

 tron being rounded. Wings very ample. Legs rather long : thighs 

 very stout, narrowed at the base : tibice s/ewf/er and compressed, ser- 

 rated internally, the apex a little dilated, with a double claio inside : 

 tarsi longish, 4-jointed, spongy beneath, basal Joint long, dilated an- 

 teriorly, 2nd short, elongate obtrigonate, 3rd broad and bilobed, 4th 

 as long as the 1st, slender and clavate : claws slender and curved 

 (5, afore leg). 



Curculionoides Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 387. 1. — nitens Payk. 

 Smooth, shining, black ; rather sparingly punctured : head with 

 3 ridges between the eyes, base of antennae sometimes red : 

 thorax sanguineous-orange, the anterior and basal margins 

 blackish, as well as the scutel : elytra sanguineous, with seve- 

 ral punctured striae on each; the interstices punctured. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



