5 S ORDER I. Attelabus. 



Scopoli diftinguilhes the Attelabi by the fol- 

 lowing characters. 



The hinder part of the head gradually dimi- 

 nifhing in fize. 



The eyes prominent. 



The thorax fomewhat broader than the dia- 

 meter of the head, taken from one eye to the o- 

 ther, and of a more cylindrical form. 



Among thefe he has arranged fome of the 

 Linnaean Chryfometee, whofe bodies are ob» 

 long, and narrower than the thorax. 



Some of the Linnaean Attelabi are placed by 

 him among his Curculiones. 



The Clerus of Geoffroy and Schsffer is taken 

 partly from this genus, and partly from the Der- 

 meftes of our author. They have given to 

 that genus the following characters : 



The antennae club-formed, and placed on the 

 head, the knob compofed of three articulations. 



No probofcis. 



The thorax almoft cylindrical, without any 

 margin. 



The 



