affecting the Corn-Crops. 
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allied to one, named Meraporvs graminicola,* which we often 
find in this country in July (fig. iV* ; h, the natural size). 
The other species of corn-weevil alluded to received the name 
of Cnrculio granarius from Linnaeus. It belongs to the same 
genus as the preceding beetle, and is now called — 
8. Calandra granaria. The granary-weevil is a little longer, 
and more smooth and shining than C. OryzcE ; it is somewhat 
depressed, and varies in colour from a deep pitch to a dark chest- 
nut tint ; the head is semiglobose, produced anteriorly into a 
longish, smooth, cylindrical proboscis, which is shortest and 
stoutest in the male: it is slightly curved, and sparingly punc- 
tured, with 2 lines of punctures extending almost from the base 
of the head to the apex, forming two deep channels before the 
eyes, where the rostrum is dilated; on either side of these are 
one or two lines of punctures : the eyes are black, vertical, ovate, 
finely granulated, and depressed; the mouth, including the little 
strong jaws, maxillae, and palpi, is placed at the extremity of 
the rostrum : the antennae, which are as long as the rostrum, 
are inserted on the sides close to the base, they are nine-jointed ; 
the basal joint is long, stout, and clavate ; it forms an angle 
with the remainder, the second being subglobose, the third 
obovate, the four following more or less cup-shaped, the seventh 
being the largest, the residue forming an oval, conical, little 
shining club, pubescent at the tip : thorax twice as broad as the 
head, oval, a little truncated and sudd3nly narrowed before, with 
a transverse impression ; greatly truncated at the base, which is 
bisinuated : the surface is coarsely, not closely, punctured with 
oval points; scutellum minute and oval ; elytra exactly equal to 
the thorax and head, occasionally a trifle broader near the base, 
being ovate-truncate, and not covering the apex of the abdomen ; 
there are 9 deep punctured channels down each, producing 
short pale bristles, and the '2 raised furrows on each side the 
suture have a line of long punctures ; wings, none, or rudiments 
only : the under side is covered with exceedingly large punctures : 
the 6 legs are punctured, strong, and stout, especially the first 
and last pairs ; the thighs are stout ; the shanks are shorter and 
straight, the anterior are crenulated inside, and they all have a hook 
or claw at their extremities ; the tarsi are reflexed and four- 
jointed, spongy beneath, basal joint subclavate, second ovate, 
third broader, slightly bilobed, fourth clavate, and furnished with 
two minute claws : length nearly 2 lines, breadth | (fig. 20 ; and 
21, greatly magnified). 
It is remarkable that whilst C. Oryzce has a pair of serviceable 
wings, C. granaria is destitute of the organs of flight, at least in 
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* Vide Curtis's Guide, Gen. C30/. 
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