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appeared in literature before this time. It was described in 1710 
by Ray (55) under the name of Scarabaeus and again by Linne (43) 
in 1746 under the name of Curculio. In 1798 Clairville and Schellen- 
berg (59, p. 62) erected the genus Calendra for the species granaria 
and abbreviata. Latreille (41, p. 4%1) m 1810 designated abbreviata 
Fab. as the type of the genus Calandra (sic), and in 1838 Schoenherr 
(60, p. 967) erected the genus Sitophilus to include the species 
granarius and oryzae. Hence, as noted by Pierce (51, p. 26) in 1919, 
the correct generic name for the granary weevil is undoubtedly 
Sitophilus and not Calendra or Calandra. The synonyms of the 
species are as follows: 
Fig. 1. — The granary weevil (Sitophilus granaTins); Adult, dorsal view. 
Enlarged about 38 times 
Sitophilus granarius Linne 
Curculio granarius Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 378, 1758. 
Curculio segetis Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 381, 1758. 
Rhynchophorus granarius Hcrbst, Jablonsk. Natursystem., vol. 6, p. 14, 
PI. 60, fig. 7, 1795. 
Curculio policarius Voet, Col., ed. Panz., vol. 4, p. 54, PI. 37, fig. 17, 1798. 
Calendra granaria Clairville and Schellenberg, Helv. Ent., vol. 1, p. 62, 1798. 
Curculio unicolor Marsham, Ent. Brit., p. 275, 1802. 
[iltynchaenus segetis Latr., Hist. Nat., xi, 193, 1804. 
Cordyle granarius Thunberg, Nova Acta Ups., vol. 7, p. 112, 1815. 
dandra frumentarius Stephens, Cat. Brit. Ins., pt. 1, p. 148, 1829. 
Sitophilus granarius Schoenherr, Gen. Cure., vol. 4, p. 977, 1838. 
Sitophiius remote punctat us Gyll., Schh., Gen. Cure., vol. 4, p. 979, 1838. 
