

2 1 RH YNCK0PH01A. CURCVLlOXlDJE. 



Pitchy-black ; with fine hairs : thorax tawny, convex and tuberculate in 

 front; elytra pnnctate-striate ; legs and antennae yellowish. (L. | 1. ) 

 Found in the cover of a book in profusion.) 



Fam. 48. CURCULIONIDiE Leach. 



cccxl. Rhyncolus Ant. 9-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed ; club minute : 

 rostrum short, broad, flat ; or longer than the head, cylindric : tarsi some- 

 times simple. 



cccxli. Cossonus Ant. 9-jointed, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed; club large, ovate, 

 acute : rost. elongate, slender, dilated at tip in $ , ant. near the base in $ : 

 body flat. 



cccxlii. Calandra Ant. 9-jointed, elbowed; funic. 6-jointed ; club 2-articu- 

 late, elongate subovate, acute: rost. elongate, rounded, a little bent: body 

 fiattish. 



cccxliii. Baris Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed; club obtusely 

 ovate : rost. linear, cylindric, longer than the head, bent : anter. legs dis- 

 tant at base, tibia with a stout hook within. 



cccxliv. Mecinus Ant. 10-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 5-jointed ; club Particu- 

 late, oval : rost. rather short, robust : body elongate, nearly cylindric ; py- 

 gidium covered : anter. tibia compressed, with a horizontal hook at the tip. 



cccxlv. Gymnaetron Ant. 10-jointed, elbowed; funic. 5-jointed; club ovate; 

 rost. filiform, bent, inflexed : body ovate: convex, scaly ; pyyid. exposed: 

 anter. tibia with a minute apical hook. 



cccxlvi. Rhinusa Ant. 10-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 5-jointed; club ovate: 

 rost. free, narrowed at the tip, more or less bent : elytra fiattish, sub- 

 4-drate ; pygid. exposed : anter. tibia with a minute apical hook. 



cccxlvii. Miarus Ant. 10-jointed, elbowed; funic. 5-jointed; club ovate: 

 rost. filiform, bent, with a pectoral groove for its reception : elytra fiattish, 

 somewhat 4-drate ; pygid. exposed : anter. tibia with a minute apical 

 hook. 



cccxlviii. Cionus Ant. 10-jointed, elbowed; funic. 5-jointed, its 2d joint long, 

 clavate ; club oblong- ovate, indistinctly articulated : rost. elongate, rounded, 

 bent : tho. small, transverse ; body nearly globose, scaly : elytra ample, 

 convex ; thighs toothed ; tibia truncate at tip, unarmed. 



cccxlix Cleopus Ant. 10-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 5-jointed, its 2d joint short, 

 obscure ; club indistinctly articulate : rost. elongate, bent : tho. transverse : 

 body somewhat elongate-ovate : elytra ample, convex ; thighs toothed; tibia 

 truncate, anarmed. 



cccl. Sph^erula Ant. 9-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 5-jointed ; club distinctly 

 S-articulate, acute : rost. elongate, slightly bent : tho. conic : body convex, 

 narrowed behind; elytra gibbous : thighs stout in the middle ; tibia trun- 

 cate, unarmed. 



cccli. Orobitis Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed; club ovate, acute: 

 rost. inflexed, with a short groove beneath the tho. for its reception : tho. 

 transverse : body ovate, gibbous, polished : legs remote at base ; thighs with 

 a groove beneath ; tibia straight, truncate, unarmed. 



ccclii. (Lelioides Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed; club ovate, acute : 

 rost. long, inflexed, bent ; pectoral groove extending to base of middle 

 legs: body broad, ovate, rough: thighs unarmed; tibia with an obtuse 

 tooth outside. 



cccliii. Neoyus Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed; club ovate, 

 acuminated ; rost. elongate, slender, curved ; pectoral groove scarcely 

 reaching beyond the base of the 1st pair of legs: body somewhat rhom- 

 boidal, rough, scaly : tibice straight, unarmed. 



cccliv. I'oophagus Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed; club elon- 



