All of which the habits are known feed upon palms. 

 R. palmaeum, Linn. 



Currnlio pahnarum. Linnteus, Mu s. Lvd. I '/,•„ p. 12. 1. Olivier 

 Ent. V. 83, p. 77. 4. PI. 2, fig. 16, a, b. 



Rhynchophorus pahnarum. Herbst, Co/., VI., p. 5. 1. PI. 60, 



Schonherr. Gen. Cure, IV, ii, p. 820. 

 Calandra pahnarum, Fabi icius. SyH. El., II., p. 430, 3. 



Guilding. Trans. S<>v. Arts, XLVI, p. 144. 

 Other references are given by Schonherr {loc. cit.). 



See also (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 31, 32). 



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finely punctured with intovocular sulcus ; eye- approximate. Thorax 

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punctured, more strongly at sides and apex, with traces of a median 



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