CALANDRA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Body elliptic-oval, above somewhat depressed; 

 eyes immersed, oblong, encircling the head be- 

 neath ; antennae geniculated, inserted at the base 

 of the rostrum ; rostrum dilated at the insertion 

 of the antennae; elytra plain, not covering the 

 anus above; anus acutely prominent; tarsi re- 

 flected to the inner side of the tibia. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Such of the individuals, as were known to 

 Linne, of almost the whole of the vast tribe of 

 insects now distinguished from the other tribes 

 by the name of Curculionides, were included 

 by that author in his single genus Curculio. 

 So extremely numerous were the species, thus 

 combined together, as to offer a very serious in- 

 convenience to Entomologists. They soon per- 

 ceived that the continual accessions of species, 

 resulting either from the more critical and accu- 

 rate observations of numerous investigators, or 



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