SNOUT-BEETLES OR WEEVILS. 
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Sub-family MAGDALENIDES. 
(Fig. 62.1 
Rostrum rather long and cylindrical; 
scobes linear, commencing near the 
middle, and reaching the base. Eyes 
transverse, approximate above. Pro- 
sternum not excavated. Small spe- 
cies of an oblong parallel form, glab- 
rous, usually black or blue, but 
sometimes reddish. Thorax deeply 
punctate. Elytra punctate and stri- 
ate. The larva} depredate upon the pine, boring into the pith of the 
smaller branches. A foreign species is said to have been reared from 
a larva found in burrows under the bark of willow trees. The M. armi- 
collis, Say, inhabits the elm. Nearly all the species belong to the typical 
genus Magdalis, Gerrnar, of which seven N. A. species have been de- 
scribed. 
Mao I)A LIN US OLYNA: 
Packard. 
-a, larva; b , pupa — after 
Sub-family HYLOBHDES. 
Kostrum twice as long as the head, cylin- 
drical, sometimes moderately robust ; 
scrobes deep, linear and oblique. Scape 
clavate, nearly or quite reaching the eyes. 
The anterior coxae are somewhat separa- 
ted. The tibiae usually compressed, often 
curved, and terminated by a stout curved 
l Fig. 63. ] 
Pissodbs stkobi: — a , larva; b, pupa — 
spine. Tarsal claws elongated. Size 
llODUUltS Bill 
rather large. Body oblong and pubescent, after Packard. 
The lame gnaw galaries under the bark of trees, chiefly the pines, 
often doing much injury. This habit is expressed by the family name, 
which means, living in wood. 
The sub-family contains the following N. A. genera : HyloUus, Ger- 
mar, 3 species. Eudocimus, Sell., 1. Pissodes, Germ., 5. ffeilipus, Germ., 
3. Lepyrus , Germ., 3. 
Sub-family ERIIUIINIDES. 
From the Greek piv, pcvoz, the nose or snout, with the intensifying 
prefix epc. Rostrum long and slender. Scrobes commencing at a 
distance from the mouth and reaching the eyes. Auteume long and 
slender. Scape sub-clavate. Tibiie slender, not compressed, and usu- 
ally with a spine or claw at the end. These are distinguished from 
the Hylobiides chiefly by the form of the tibiae ; but they embrace a 
number of groups, each of which has some remarkable peculiarity. 
