CURCULIO. 41 



got within is living on its contents. Sometime 

 after the fall of the nut, the larva creeps out at 

 a hole which it gnaws for the purpose, buries 

 itself in the ground, and remains dormant during 

 the long winter months : it then becomes a chry- 

 salis, and finally, in the beginning of August, 

 issues from the earth to make the most of that 

 short space of time generally allotted to the in^ 

 sect tribe in their perfect state. 



The Curculio imperialis, or Diamond Bee- 

 tle, is the most beautiful of the tribe, and well 

 known for the rows of brilliant spots with which 

 the wing-cases are covered. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Curculio Bacchus. Cur. longirostris aureus, ro- 

 stro plantisque nigris. Linn, Si/st. N~at, p> 611. 

 Gmel. 1. p. 1752. 



Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 387. 



Attelabus Bacchus. 



Schaeff. Icon. Ins. ph 37./. 13. 



Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ.fasc. 20. t. 5. 



Inhabits Europe. 



PI. 14. a. Natural size, b. Magnified, 



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