COLEOPTERA. 



I have not the least doubt that this insect is identical with the Brazilian species, 

 Rhinastus sternicornis, of Schonherr, although the specific name given to it by Donovan 

 implies it to be a native of China. Some mistake had doubtless arisen relative to the 

 original country of which it is an inhabitant which led our author into this error 



CALANDRA LONGIPES. 



Plate 4. fig. 2. 



Division. Rhyncophorides, Schonherr. 



Genus. Calandra, Fabricius. Rhyncophorus, Herbst. Curculio p. Linn, fyc. 



Ch. Sp. C. nigricans ; elytris ferrugineis, rostro apice utrinque reflexo (in uno sexu dorso bi 



serrato,) pedibus anticis elongatis. Long. Corp. (excl. rostro lin. 13.) 

 C. blackish-brown, elytra ferruginous; rostrum, with the apex on each side reflexed, 



and in one sex with the upper edge doubly serrated, the fore legs long. Length 



13 lines. 

 Syn. Curculio longipes, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 2. 395. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 431. Oliv. Ins. 



83. tab. 86. fg. 191. (See Drury, Illustr. vol. 2. t. 33.) 



In his earlier works, Fabricius erroneously gave the Cape of Good Hope as the 

 locality for this very common Chinese species. 



RHINA BARBIROSTRIS. 



Plate 4. fig. 3. 



Genus. Rhina, Latreille. Curculio p. Donovan, Sj-c. 



Ch. Sp. Rh. longirostris ; niger, rostro barbato, tibiis anticis tridentatis. Long. Corp. (rostr. 

 excl.) lin. 1 1. 

 Rh. with a long rostrum, its sides thickly clothed with hairs on the male, black, 

 punctured, anterior tibiae long and armed with three spines beneath. Length 

 without the rostrum 1 1 lines. 

 Syn. Curculio barbirostris, Fabricius Ent. Syst. I. p. 2. 418. 



Rhina barbirostris, Latreille Genera, vol. 2. p. 269. 



Donovan, misled by the Fabrician reference of this insect to the locality " In Indus," 

 introduced it into the present work. It is, however, a native of South America. Drury 

 has figured the female of another species in his Illustrations, vol. 2. pi. 34. f. 2. from the 

 Island of Johanna. 



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