CURCULIONIDJE. — LARINUS. 159 



Sp. 5. lateralis. Angustatus, niger, castaneo-fulvo pollinosus, thoracis later ibus 

 Jlavo-albidis, elytris punctato-striatis basi impresso. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 



Li. lateralis. Steph. Catal. 412. No. 1672 *. 



Black, clothed above luith a fulvous-che?,rm.i poivder, especially on the sides : 

 rostrum glabrous and black, with a carina : thorax with an abbreviated obscure 

 carina in front, terminating in an impression behind, the disc slightly granu- 

 lated, the lateral margins rather broadly yellowish-white : elytra subcylindric, 

 punctate-striate, the apex rounded, the lateral margins sonaewhat dusky : 

 body clothed with ashy down beneath : legs black, with ashy pubescence : 

 antennae with the base piceous, the club dusky. 



Taken in the Isle of Thanet in June. 



Genus CCCXXXVIL— Larinus, Schuppel. 



Antenna; geniculated, 12-jointed, short, deflexed, rather stout, funiculus 7-jointed, 

 its two basal joints somewhat elongate subconic, four following short, half 

 rounded, the next thicker, the club oblong-ovate, acuminate. Rostrum rounded, 

 shorter than the thorax, rather thickened, carinatedat the base, straight : eyes 

 ovate, depressed: thorax conic, with the base deeply bisinuated, the sides 

 coarctate in front, with a minute lobe behind the eyes : elytra broad, ovate, 

 rather flat on the back, the apex rounded ; the shoulders obtusely angulated : 

 scutellum minute: legs stout: tibia armed at the base within with a stout 

 hook. 



Larinus differs not only in the robustness and length of the 

 rostrum from Rhinobatus, but in habit and form ; its antenna? are 

 situated towards the base of the rostrum, while in the allied genus 

 they are placed towards the apex ; their structure is also slightly 

 dissimilar, the club being more acuminate in Larinus. 



Sp. 1. Sturnus. Niger, thorace rugoso-punctato, elytris subtilittr transversim 



rugulosis , punctato-striatis, griseo fasciculatis. 

 Cu. Sturnus. Herbst?— La. Sturnus. Steph. Catal. 182. A^o. 1864. 



Black, thorax rugose-putictate, its lateral margins unequal, and ashy- white; 

 the disc with an irregular transverse impression : elytra punctate-striate, the 

 interstices transversely rugose, with fascicles of griseous hairs ; the third inter- 

 stice from the suture with an interrupted whitish longitudinal fascia, and the 

 lateral margins irregularly whitish : legs black, with ashy pubescence : an- 

 tennae piceous, with the club dusky. 



Of this insect I have seen but two examples, one of which was 

 captured many years since, in the vicinity of Merton, in Surrey: — ■ 

 the other, I believe, is in Mr. Hawortli's cabinet. 



Mandibulata. Vol. IV. 31st Oct. 183L m 



