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ANTHRIBUS,F. Sch. 

 Subgenus tropideres, Sch. 

 1. A.con??i/Ms, Thorax with five tubercles. 

 Inhab. IiKliana. 



Head white: mandibles piceous: antennae rufous, 

 ckva fuscous : rostrum moderate ; eyes distant : thorax 

 with two fascicles of erect hairs on the anterior edge, & 

 three larger ones placed transversely on the middle: 

 elytra somewhat variegated, with several fascicles of erect 

 hairs on the interstitial lines ; & a white, double, commoB, 

 transverse spot before the middh: ; ^ge/ hairy. 



Length less than one fifth of an inch. 



Subgenus PHAENiTHON? Schoen. 

 2. A. brevieornis, Antennae short ; scutel & alternate 

 spots on the e],ytra whitish. 



Inhab. Mexico. 



Bjiiy black-brown : head covered with prostrate whit- 

 ish hair: antennae hardly longer than the head, fuscous | 

 thorax with a transverse elevated subbasal line, rectilinear 

 in the middle, arquated each side, reflected at the posterior 

 angles & terminating at the lateral middle: .Sfcw/e/ white: 

 elutra striated ; interstitial spaces convex, with alternate,, 

 blackish & whitish spots ; humerus prominent & a promi- 

 nence on the middle of the base : feet olssure piceous. 



Length less than three twentieths of an inch. 



The tip of the club, exhibits the appearance of a fourth 

 joint, which however is much smaller than the others; the 

 eyes are emai'ginate. These characters justify the forma- 

 tion of a distinct subgenus. 



ATTELABUS, F, Sch. 



A. piibeseenSj Nob. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sq. YoI, 5, 

 p. 252. 



A. rhois, B;)hemann, Acta. Mosqu. 



RHYNCHITES, Herbst. Schcenh. 



1. R. co//am Fabr. The three ultimate joints of the 

 antennae are elongated, ditFering in this respect from other 

 species of the genus , it has been separated under the 

 generic name ofSapIndus. 



The species varies so much in colour as to have girf eia 

 rise to several specific names; viz. 



Anthribus collansj Fabr. Syst Eleut 



