CURCULIONID^. — ATTELABUS. 205 



in numbers on the Primus spinosus at Crayford in Kent, by my- 

 self."— ilfar^Aam MSS. 



Genus CCCXLIX. — Attelabus, Linne. 



Antennae not geniculated, 1 1-jointed, short, inserted in the middle of the rostrum, 

 the basal joint longest and stoutest ; the seven following short, subobconic : 

 the three remaining united, perfoliated, and forming a cylindric-oval club. 

 Rostrum shorter than the head, deflexed, robust, with the apex considerably 

 thickened: head oblong, subcylindric, not narrowed posteriorly, inserted in 

 the thorax without a distinct neck : scutellum large : elytra subquadrate, above 

 convex, the apex slightly gaping; tip of abdomen exposed : legs long: femora 

 clavate, unarmed : tibice denticulated within, the apex with a double hook. 



Exclusively of the 11-jointed antennae, Attelabus differs from 

 Apoderus by its oblong, subcylindric head, which is not inserted 

 into the thorax by a constricted neck ; the thorax is large, sub- 

 quadrate, the rostrum considerably incrassated at the apex, and the 

 body of a more globose form, &c. 



Sp. 1 . curculionoides. Niger, glaber, thorace, elytris, ahdomineque supra rufis, 



elytris subtilissime punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 1| — 3 lin.) 

 At. curculionoides. Linne.— Don. w. pi. 149. Steph. Catal. 191. No. 1983. 



Black, glabrous : head slightly rugose between the eyes : thorax glossy, extremely 

 delicately punctured, light rufo-testaceous : elytra also rufo- testaceous, shining, 

 with the lateral margins somewhat fuscescent, finely punctate-striate, with 

 the interstices remotely punctured. 



The abdomen, some of the basal joints of the antennse, and the anterior femora, 

 are occasionally somewhat piceous or dull reddish. 



Found abundantly on oak and hazel throughout the metropolitan 

 district, and not uncommon in other parts. " Baron-wood." — T. C. 

 Hey sham, Esq. " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. 



Genus CCCL. — Apoderus, Olivier. 



AntennoB not geniculated, 12-jointed, robust, inserted in the middle of the ros- 

 trum ; the basal joint thickened, obconic : the second short, nodose ; six fol- 

 lowing obconic, a little increasing in width ; the remainder united and forming 

 a cylindric-oval, quadriarticulate club, of which the terminal joint is minute 

 and acuminated. Rostrum shorter than the head, robust, with the apex scarcely 



