242 NATURAL HISTORY OF 
donous plants. The most common is C. Palma-* 
rum , of which the larva, known by the name of ver- 
palmiste , is esteemed a delicious food. It is so 
abundant in Guiana, that shortly after a palm-tree 
is cut down, especially the Maripa palm, which fur- 
nishes the chou-palmiste , of which a great quantity 
is consumed in the colony, crowds of these insects 
may be seen collected upon its stem, and occupied 
in penetrating into its interior.* The species re- 
presented is rather larger than the Palm-weevil, 
and is named 
CALANDRA HEROS. 
PLATE XXII. Fig. 5. 
Fair. — Olivier , v. No. 83, pi. 28, fig. 410. 
The rostrum is black and cylindrical, with a 
small recurved piece on each side at the apex. The 
thorax is brownish black, clothed with a velvety 
pubescence. The elytra are likewise velvety, but 
of a browner hue than the thorax, much shorter 
than the abdomen, and slightly striated on the sur- 
face. The under parts of the body, and the legs, 
are black, the anterior tibiae somewhat curved on 
the interior edge. It inhabits the East Indies. 
* Laeordairee. 
