196 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY 



IX. RHYNCHOPHORA. Lat. 



i. GoNATOCERA. Schijn. 

 I. LoNGIROSTRES. Lillll. 



Family CALANDRIDiE. Calandridans. 



XCIX. Genus CALANDRA Clair. 



(262) 1. Calandra pertinax. (Olivier.) Pertinaceous Calandra. 



Calandra pertinax. Oliv. Ent. v, No. 83, 90, 24, t. xxviii, / 417. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body obvcrsely pear-shaped, black, naked. Head immersed in the prothorax, smooth ; rostrum 

 rather shorter than the prothorax, compressed, impunctured, channelled above at the base and tumid; 

 antenna; a little longer than the rostrum, scape as long as the rest of the antenna?, knob pear-shaped: 

 eyes immersed, lateral, subovate, not meeting below : prothorax oblong, rather narrowest anteriorly, 

 tricostate, the two lateral costse sending a branch towards the base ; four depressed broad punctured 

 dull-red stripes occupy the intervals between the elevated parts ; sides a little elevated and punctured ; 

 the punctures of the stripes and sides are whitish ; scutellum an isosceles triangle, excavated at the 

 base : elytra oblong, very slightly furrowed with whitish punctures in the furrows ; suture, and 

 alternate interstices, elevated ; the others or depressed ones dull-red : body underneath with scattered 

 whitish punctures varying in size : postpectus and tarsi chestnut. 



Family HYLOBID^. Hylobidans. 



C. Genus HYLOBIUS. Germ. 



(263) 1. * Hylobius confusus. Confused Hylobius. 



H. (confusus) nigro-piceus, piloso-lncanus, rostro crassiascvlo subbreviori; prothorace confluenter punctate- ; dorso ruyoso ; 



elytris puncto-striatis, pills albldls confuse maculalis. 

 Confused Hylobius, nigro-piceous, hoary from hairs; rostrum rather thick and short: prothorax confluently punctured, 



wrinkled in the back : elytra with punctures in rows, confusedly mottled with whitish hairs. 



Length of the body A\ lines. 



Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby, also in Massachusets by Mr. Drake. 



