72t). 

 ANTHRIBUS ALBINUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Anthribidae. 



Type of the Genus, Curculio albinus, Linn. 



Anth^ibvs Fab., Scho., Curt. — Macrocephalus Oliv. — Curculio Ziiww. 



Antenna inserted in a deep cavity before the eyes, under the 

 sides of the rostrum, nearly as long as the body in the male, 

 clavate and 11 -jointed, basal joint very short and ovate, 2nd 

 smaller obovate, 3rd the longest, clavate, 4 following shorter, 

 clavate, the remainder forming a subfusiform, compressed club, 

 8th joint a little stouter than the 7th ; 9th as long and stouter, 

 10th quadrate, 11th subpyriform : not much more than half as 

 long in the female (6), 3rd joint the longest, 4th shorter, 5th 

 obovate, 6th and 7th subglobose, 8th short obconic, 9th stouter, 

 ovate-truncate, 10th transverse, 11th short and conical. 

 Labrum small, transverse, semiovate, the centre straight, densely 

 ciliated with long incurved hairs (1). 



Mandibles exserted, nearly alike, trigonate, acute, with a small 

 sharp tooth below the apex and a circular notch at the 

 middle (2). 



Maxilla with a linear lobe, furnished with strong curved spines 

 at the apex and pectinated on the inside, with a long narrow 

 moveable lobe outside, hairy and furnished with similar curved 

 spines at the apex. Palpi stoutish, 4-jointed, basal joint small, 

 2nd stout, semilunate, 3rd as stout but shorter, oblong, 4th the 

 longest, elongate-ovate-conic with a gland at the apex (3). 

 Mentum large, suborbicular, the anterior margin deeply cleft 

 and forming 2 large oval lobes. Lip furcate and very hairy 

 inside. Palpi slender, triarticulate, basal joint a little elon- 

 gated, 2nd as long but more ovate and thickly clothed inter- 

 nally with long hairs, 3rd joint a little longer, nearly linear, 

 very bristly, the apex obtuse (4). 

 Head nut ant ; rostrum quadrate (7); clypeus notched: eyes small, 

 lateral, prominent and reniform. Thorax conical truncate, twice as 

 broad as the head at the base : scutel very minute. Elytra rather 

 broader than the thorax, oblong, ovate, subcylindric, the apex rounded. 

 Wings ample. Pygidium minute. Legs stoutish, of equal length : 

 thighs stoutish, contracted at the apex : tibiae narrowed at the base, 

 the apex truncated: tarsi elongated, 4-jointed, basal joint elongate- 

 obtrigonate, 2nd obtrigonate -furcate, 3rd small bilobed, spongy be- 

 neath, 4th clavate {5f hind leg): claws bifid on the inside at the 

 base (*). 



Albinus Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 393. 1. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



