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f e ;
C U R C U L I O S E X - S P I N O S U S .
Blackifli : wing-cafes ftriated
S P E C IF IC C H A K A C T E E .
■iated and dotted with white, with three black fp in e s , anterior legs lo n g e ft: thighs
dentated.
C „ t,c n r .to S e x .SH .o snB I nigricans, elytris albo punftatis fpinls tribns nigris. pedibns anticls longis:
femoribus dentatis.
From NNiew Holland. This fpecies Is undefcribed.
C U R C U L I O N I G R O - S P I N O S Ü S .
S P E C IF IC C H A K A CT EK .
Yellowlflr i fnout ih o rt and th i c k : th ree rows o f fmall black fpines down th e wing-cafes.
a m o N . g r o -S p i . o s u s ; fiav e fc en s, ro ftro b r e v i cra ffo, e ly tr is lin e ls trib u s fp iu a ru r a parvaruur
; Auftralafian Curculiones in the cabinet o f M r. Fraocillon
An of this curious k in d occurs among th e J-..
T t e e can be no doubt o f its being a Curculio o f Liunreus, b u t we were miiled by rts amb.gnous
appearance in the firft iuftauee to believe it a Curculio, o f th a t particular fe a io nw h fe h F ^ f t n s ^ f e r i ^ s as
a diftinft genus u nder the name o f Brachycems, an opinion which, on furthe r inveffigatlon, we are iu -
oU n eT t! S ift, for it is apparently a C urculio o f Fahrieius, as w ell as o f Unnreus. Tins ts a new fpec.es.
b r e n t u s l i n e a t u s .
Antennae
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
monilifotm, head fmall, projefting into a very long ftraight cylindrical fn o u t: wing.cafes longer
than th e abdomen: body elongated and cylindrical.
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T E R .
F u f c o u s , t h o r a x , w ith three yellowiih lines: wing-cafes dotted, w ith two lines of contiguous yellowilh
dots.
C O L E O P T E R A .
B r e n t u s L in e a t u s ; fufcus, thorace flavefcenti tiilinealo, elytris punftatis: Hneis duabus punftorum
contiguorum flavefcentium.
An elegant little infeft o f the Fabrician genus Brentus. In th e Linnaean fyftem it is to be arranged
w ith the Cu rcu lio n es; as are alfo the two following fpecies. O u r Brentus Lineatus is a new fpecies.
L I X U S B I D E N T A T U S .
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Antenme clavated, with the firft jo in t very long. He ad fmall, projefting into a ftraight cylindrical fn o u t;
wing-cafes fame length as th e abdomen, and frequently acuminated : body elongated and cylindrical.
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T E R .
F erruginous: thorax w ith a teftaceous lin e : wing-cafes bldentated, ftriated, and marked with two
teflaceous fpots.
L ix u s Biden ta tus : ferrugineus, thorace linea teftacea, elytris bidentatis flriatis teftaceo-bimaculatis.
This fpecies, whicli is perfeftly undefcribed, is from New South Wales.
RHYNCH^ENUS CYL I NDR IR OS TRI S ,
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Antennae clubbed, w ith th e firft jo in t very long, and placed near the apex o f tlie f n o u t: head fmall, round,
inferted, projefting into an elongated cylindrical fn o u t: thorax ih o rt and ro u n d : wing.cafes embracing
th e abdomen : body oblong.
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T E R .
Thighs denta ted : thorax fcahrous, w ith two horns on th e anterior p a r t ; wing-cafes with two tubercles
behind.