CUKCULlONIDiE. — ANTHONOMUS. 73 



Bostrum long, slender, filiform, a little bent; eyes rounded, prominent : thorax 

 Bubconic, truncate anteriorly, somewhat bisinuated posteriorly ; deeply emar- 

 ginated in front beneath : scutellum elevated, distinct : elytra generally ample, 

 oblong-ovate, convex, especially behind : legs somewhat elongate, the anterior 

 longest and stoutest ; femora robust, dentate ; anterior tibiw dilated within in 

 the middle, and furnished at the apex with a minute tooth, all obliquely trun- 

 cate at the apex. 



The insects of this very pretty genus are generally found feeding 

 upon flowers — whence their name : the typical ones may be at once 

 known from all the other genera of this family by their dilated an- 

 terior tibiae, exclusively of their other characters : from Balaninus 

 they diifer by having the rostrum shorter, the elytra behind very 

 convex and somewhat dilated towards the apex, and covering the 

 tip of the abdomen : — the species of the first division are extremely 

 variable. 



A. With the femora acutely dentate. 



Sp. 1. incurvus. Fusco-piceus, cinereo-pubescens, elytris nigro-fuscis, humeris 

 marginecjue ferrugineis , fascid posticd obliqud, obsoleta, albidd, pube Jlaves- 

 cente obductd, scutello niveo. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 



Cu. incurvus. Panzer.— Kn. incurvus. Steph. Catal. 163. No. 1668. — Cu. fasci- 

 atus. Don. xii.jo^. 414.^1 3. 



Pitchy-brown, with cinereous pubescence; head and rostrum black: thorax 

 black, with the anterior margin elevated and ferruginous ; the sides and a 

 longitudinal line in the middle whitish pubescent: scuteUum snowy: elytra 

 black, with the shoulders and sides ferruginous ; an oblique, somewhat dupU- 

 cated, pubescent white fascia behind the middle on the back ; sometimes with 

 a few flavescent hairs : femora rusty-piceous, strongly dentate : tibiae and tarsi 

 pale ferruginous : antennae ferruginous, with the club dusky. 



Not common near London : I have taken it at Coombe-wood in 

 June : but apparently not very scarce in the vicinity of Bristol, 

 whence I have received many examples. 



Sp. 2. Pomorum. Fusco-piceus, cinereo-pubescens, elytris ferrugineis, fascid 

 posticd obliqud albidd, nigro inclusd, scutello niveo. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2^ Un.) 

 Cu. Pomorum. Linne. — An. Pomorum. Steph. Catal. 163. No. 1669. 



Fusco-piceous ; clothed with cinereous pubescence: head pitchy-black, densely 

 pubescent, with an impression on the forehead: thorax rufo-piceous ; the 

 disc more obscure, with a broad hne in the middle, and a bent one on 



