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species upon sounder principles with the next opportunity, aud decide, 
if possible, upon their specific value. 
Atxelabus pulvinicollis, Jekel. 
Breviter ovatus , niger ; thorace supra (margine antica posticaque nigris 
exceptis) elytrisque rujis; antennarum articulis 2-3 rufescenlibus ; 
thorace ante basin pulvinato , turn versus apicem valde inclinato; 
elytris postice minus inclinatis , margine laterali parum lata , 
nigra , anterius exacte plana , Icevi , ab ante medium ad apicem 
canaliculata et anguste carinata ; pedibus longioribus et tenuiori- 
bus , tibiis anticis in $ magis elongatis , femoribus longioribus 
subarcuatis. 
Long. (cap. valde infl. excl.) 5 ; elytr. 3^. Lat. hum. 3^ mill. 
Patria : Sicilia. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
The differences of this species do not reside in the black coloration 
of the margins of the thorax and elytra — characters to be found 
in many specimens of the Curculionoides as well as on Alricornis, 
Muls., but in the shape of thorax, elytra and legs. The red coloration 
of the disk of the thorax hardly invades the sides underneath, is 
limited to the level of the margin of the elytra, and, in consequence, is 
hardly perceivable when the insect is viewed from beneath, a character 
that I have not observed in the numberless specimens I have seen 
of Curculionoides , in which that red coloration, more or less sinuately, 
approaches nearer to the coxae. The anterior flattened part of the 
margin of the elytra is smooth ; the legs and anterior tibiae are thinner 
and more elongate, especially in the $ . 
Attelabus hispanicus, Jekel. 
Niger aut nigro-piceus ; thorace supra (margine antica posticaque 
interdum exceptis ) et lateribus late elytrisque pallide rujis ; thorace 
subplanato, lateribus hand rotunda , supra obsolete punctulato ; 
scutello suboblongo-quadrato; elytris anterius laxe , profundius 
