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XXXII. On the Genera and Species of Eprobos- 

 cideous Insects, 



By William Elford Leach, Esq. 



(Read iOtk April 1810.J 



INSECTA EPROBOSCIDEA. 



Character Essentialis, 



Caput a tninco sutura saltern discretum. 

 Haustellum valvulis duabus tectum aut supertectum. 

 Ungues compositi. 



Character Naturalis. 



/'CORPUS* subovatum depressum : abdomen maxima parte 

 excepta cute coriacea solidiuscula vestitum." 

 Caput saepe thorace angustius, suborbiculatum : octili late- 

 rales subovales immersi distantes quandoque vix discer- 

 jiandi : ocelli in plurimis deficientes antenncs ante ocu- 



los 



* Characteres sic " " notatos observavit CU Latreille. 



