CURCULIONID^. — RHYNCOLUS. 



Corpus elongatum vel oblongum, alatum. 



Antennarum art" 3-tio 2-do breviore, 4—8 nodosis : . 327. SiTONA. 



4 8 subturbinatis : 331. Tanymecus. 



art"' 2-dis et 3-tiis subaequalibus. 



Corpus dense squamosum : . . . 328. PolydRuSUS. 



vix squamosum ; saepe pilosum : . . 329. Nemoic. 



Canalicula antennalis subrecta, versus medium oculi adscendens. 



Rostrum breve, subhorizontale : corpus alatum : . 330. Phyllobius. 



longitudine capitis, subdeflexum : corpus ovatum, 



apterum, setosum : . . • 322. Trachyphl^us. 



capita ssepe longius, subhorizontale: corpus sub- 



ovatum, apterum, glabrum . . 321. Otiorhynchus. 



B. AntenncB non fractaB ; articulus basilaris non valde elongatus. 

 Antennce 12-articulat£e. 



Rostrum eapite brevius, crassum. 



Caput oblongum, posterius valde constrictum . 350. ApoDERUS. 



breve, in thoracem ad oculos retractum. 

 Scutellum AKtincixxm: . . • 340. ChlorophaNUS. 



vix conspicuum : . • 339. Rhinocyllus- 



Rostrum longitudine capitis, subrectum. 



Antennarum art" 2-do suborbiculato ; clava 



maxima: . 343. Panus. 

 obconico; clava bre- 

 vier: . 342. Rhinodes. 

 capito duplo longius, arcuatum : . • 341. Magdalis. 

 Antennas 1 l-articulata. 



Rostrum porrectum : . . . . 344. Apion. 



deflexum, aut inflexum. 

 Femora postica baud incrassata. 



Rostrum filiforme, ad apicem baud dilatatum : 345. Oxystoma. 



ad apicem plus minusve dilatatum : 



eapite longius : . . . 348. Rhynchites. 



eapite brevius : . . . 349. Attelabls. 



Femora postica incrassata. 



Antennarum art" 2-do elongato, subclavato : . 346. RamphU";. 

 breve, globoso : . . 347. Deporals, 



Genus CCLXXI. — Rhyncolus, Germar, 



Antennce geniculated, nine-jointedj short, rather stout, inserted in the middle 

 of the rostrum, the funiculus (comprising the space between the basal joint 

 and the club) 7-jointed, with the basal joint large obconic, the rest short, sub- 

 perfoliated, the club minute, obtuse, indistinctly articulated. Bostrum linear, 

 sometimes very broad, and as long as the head, or cylindric and longer than 

 the head : thorax oblong, convex : elytra elongate, subcylindric : body short. 



A. With the rostrum very short, broad, and depressed. 



f Sp. 1 . ater. Niger, glaber, antennis, pedibusque rufo-piceis, elytrorum inter- 

 stitiis obsolete seriato-punctulatis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ca. ater. Linne. — Rh. ater. Steph. Catal. 148. JVo. 1489, note. 



Black, glabrous : head finely and thorax rather coarsely punctate ; elytra punc- 

 tate-striate ; the interstices flat, each with a regular series of minute im- 

 pressions : legs and antennae rufo-piceous. 



Said to have been taken in Britain ; but I have not hitherto seen a specimen. 



