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INSECTA SAUNDEKSIANA. 
postice obsolete confertius seriatim punctatis, interstiliis planis , 
anterius evidenter subrugoso—postice obsoletius (partim obsole- 
tissime ) punctulatis ; margine laterali sat lata, anterius plana 
punctulata, posterius carinata, canaliculata. 
Long.(rostr. excl.) 4-^— 5 ; elytr. 3^—3^ mill. Lat. hum. 2^—3 mill. 
Patria: Hispania. Dora. Serville. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et 
Jekel. 
Variat margine basali thoracis aut concolore aut nigra, margine 
elytrorum ahdomineque obscure rufis, pedibus brnnneis, &c. 
This species has the thorax and elytra of a lighter rufous colour 
than in the lightest specimens of Curculionoides , but it is not on these 
differences nor on the coloration of the margins of thorax and elytra 
that the establishment of the species stands. The thorax is flatter, more 
subconically quadrate, its sides being much less rounded, according 
to the sexes, being in the female straighter than in the male of 
that species; the scutellum is more elongate, more evidently narrowed 
to the posterior angles; the elytra more attenuate posteriorly, covering 
much more of the pygidium, at least its anterior half, and their 
punctuation, either serial or interstitial, is much slighter than in any 
specimen of that species. 
*Attelabus suturalis, Jekel. 
Valde attenuato-inclinatus, niger, nitidus ; antennarum articulis 2-4, 
thorace supra (margine basali apicalique nigris exceptis) et laleri- 
bus elytrisque (sutura late margineque laterali angusie nigris 
exceptis) rujis ; thorace convexo, lateribus rotundato, obsoletissime 
punclulato ; scutello apice utrinque foveola tenui impresso ; elytris 
postice valde atlenuato-declivibus, dimidium pygidii fere tegentibus , 
punctis seriatis numerosis minimis omnino cequaliter approximatis 
(dorsalibus antice pro ratione parum sinualis ) anguste concinneque 
impressis , interstiliis laxe leviterque punctulatis ; margine laterali 
angusta anterius subplana, postice canaliculata , parum argute cari- 
nala ; pedibus longis, tenuibus , tarsis valde elongatis. 
