CURCULIONID^. — -CALANDRA. 9 



Sp. 1. granaria. Elongata, rufo-picea, glabra, elytris profunde striatis, striis ob- 

 solete punctatis, thorace profunde pundato. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2lin.) 



Cu. granarius. I Anne.— Ca.. granaria. Steph. Catal. 148. No. imS.— Insect 

 Transformations, fig. in p. 320. Ca. f rumen taria. Steph. Catal. 148. No. 

 1496, note. 



Elongate, rufo-piceous, or pale ferruginous: head obsoletely punctulate, thorax 

 deeply punctate, the punctures oblong: elytra slightly convex, deeply striate, 

 the striae obsoletely punctate at the bottom : legs and antennae rufo-ferru- 

 ginous. 



The Ca. frumentaria of my Catalogue is a mere variety of the foregoing : it was 

 found in some corn obtained from a public shop ; I consequently doubted its 

 indigneous origin. 



Far too common in granaries throughout the metropolitan district, 

 and known by the name of the corn weevil. " In granaries near 

 Swansea ; the Welsh call it Gwyfn-yr-yd^'' — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 

 " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. 



Sp. 2. unicolor. Ferrugineus, unicolor, thorace subpunctatus, elytris obsolete 



striatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Cu. unicolor. Marsham.—Ca.. unicolor. Steph. Catal. 148. No. 1494. 



Entirely of a pale ferruginous : thorax minutely punctured ; elytra obsoletely 

 striated. 



Were it not for its minute size, I should conceive this insect to be a mere imma- 

 ture state of the foregoing, but it is also less punctate:— I possess an injured 

 pair from the Marshamian cabinet ; they appear more elongate in proportion 



Sp. 3. Oryzae. Niger, elytris maculis quatuor ferrugineis. (Long. corp. if lin.) 

 Cu. Oryzae. Linne.— Mar sham (.'J— Steph. Catal. 148. No. 1495, note. 



Black or pitchy-black, with deep oblong punctures : elytra striated, each with 

 a ferruginous spot near the base and another towards the apex : antennae and 

 legs ferruginous. 



Taken occasionally alive in rice, and in that article alone; consequently not 

 indigenous. 



I possess a large, apparently new, species of Calandra, or rather of Rhynco- 

 phorus (5 lines long), that was captured alive in the Isle of Dogs, but as it is 

 probably West Indian, I refrain from further mention thereof. It is perhaps 

 needless to add that the notice of species introduced in the foot-notes is solely for 

 the purpose of putting the student on his guard as to their origin ; which the 

 experience of upwards of twenty years, in the ardent collection of our native 

 insects, with a view to ascertain such as are truly indigenous, enables me to 

 perform with some degree of accuracy. 



