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PLATE x. 
CURCULIO SCROPHULARIA. 
: CoLEeoPrrTeERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the fnout, which is 
prominent and hairy. Joints in each foot four, : 
*e* Long fuout. Thighs dentated. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
- Somewhat fpherical. Thorax narrow, befet with yellow-white 
hairs. Shells black brown, ftriated; a large black {pot on the future, 
on each fide of which are two {mall fpots. Length three lines. 
Syft. Ent. 140. 68.—Linn. Syft, Nat. 2, 614. 61. 
—Fn, Sv. 603. 
Geoff, Inf. 1. 296. 44. 
Degeer Inf. 5. 208. 3. Tab. 6. Fig. 17. 18. 19. 20. 
Lift. Scarab. Angl. 395. + ee 
Reaum. Inf. 3. Tab. 2. Fig. 12, 
TS a NE Rare een 
This fingular little infect feeds, when in the larva ftate, on plants o¢ 
the fcrophularia genus, (fig-wort), and thence receives its {pecific 
Name. The beetle is not uncommon in June, and is ufually found 
on the fame plants as the larva: the minutenefs of this creature evades 
2 complete difcovery of the uncommonly teflelated appearance it af- 
fumes before the {peculum of an opake microfcope; our plate repre- 
fents the chryfalis and beetle, natural fize, together with a confide- 
tably magnified figure of the latter, 
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