106 ORDKR COLEOPTERA. 



wings. Legs short ; thighs stout ; shanks clavate ; tarsi five-jointed, three first joints short, 

 fourth exceedingly minute, fifth clavate and terminated by two small claws. 



'The larva (fig. g) is a little depressed yellowish white worm : it is composed of a 

 tolerably large head, with two pointed jaws and two little horns, and of twelve transverse 



segments; the tail i> somewhat conical, and it has six conical articulated legs. 



'The pupa (tic;. /<) is of the same color; the head is bent down; the thorax is sub- 

 orbicular, with three ridges ; the eh tni wrapped over the sides, and striated : abdomen 

 with distinct segments. 



• Mr. Cirtis, from whom the above description is derived, says that " this insect appears 

 to be naturalized in England and Scotland, lying under the bark of trees*.'" I have found 

 it in sugar, and in boxes containing dried figs in great numbers. It appears to be spread 

 all over the habitable globe, probably carried in vessels with grain and dried fruits. 



•This is the insect, as T am informed by that excellent entomologist, Dr. Fitch, that 

 infested the mill of Mr. Rich of Shoreham (Vermont), mentioned in the Cultivator of 

 December 18U">. "ii which Mr. R. tried various experiments of fumigation, but found 

 nothing so satisfactory as hot water, whitewashing, and general cleanliness. A correspon- 

 dent of the same journal, in noticing Mr. Rich's experiments, speaks of a remedy he never 

 found to fail : placing sassafras root among the grain infested by them. He is evidently 

 dealing with the rice weevil, Cnlnndra oryzec (Lixnjf.us), an insect exceedingly like the 

 grain weevil in habits and appearances.' 



Attelabidae. 



Brent bide s. 



Genos BRENTIirS (Fab.). 



Tli Tax ovoid ; b »dy rounded or subeylindrical ; antennae inserted at the base of the snout, 

 just before the eyes. In the male- the mandibles are strong and prominent : the fe- 

 male i- provided with a gentlj curved snout, terminated with a much smaller pair. 

 Thorax and head as long as the bodj or abdominal portion. 



Brentius sf.ptv.ntrionis (Hb.). ( Plate ii, fig- 4.) 



Males with distinct mandibles : females provided with an elongated snout. Color brown, 



polished. Head small: eyes prominent; elytra ridged and punctured in lines, and 



marked with yellowish patches of lighter brown. Length seven-tenths of an inch. 



The whole insect is highly polished. A few years acjo, I found great numbers of them 



upon a r- ■<■■ ntly felled black oak in Canandaigua. 



* 1 Lave since met with them in the same situation. 



