. Coleoptera. Beetles. 334 NATURAL HISTORY OF ARTHROPODS. Parandra hnmnea, the fleshy, oerambj-eid-liko larva of whieh is an inhabitant of dead oak, ash, and beech wood, is from to of an inch long, of a shining mahogany-brown color, and elongate form. It has antenn;e less than of an incli long, and adult structure otherwise anomalous for a longieorn, and has consequently been put by some authors, with other .anomalous .allies, into the family Spoiidylida'. A large number of beetles of which the head is more or less prolonged anteriorlv into a lieak, and of wliicli the lar\a- hav
. Coleoptera. Beetles. 334 NATURAL HISTORY OF ARTHROPODS. Parandra hnmnea, the fleshy, oerambj-eid-liko larva of whieh is an inhabitant of dead oak, ash, and beech wood, is from to of an inch long, of a shining mahogany-brown color, and elongate form. It has antenn;e less than of an incli long, and adult structure otherwise anomalous for a longieorn, and has consequently been put by some authors, with other .anomalous .allies, into the family Spoiidylida'. A large number of beetles of which the head is more or less prolonged anteriorlv into a lieak, and of wliicli the lar\a- have considerable resemblance to one another, Avere, for a long time, included in one hn-ge family, the Curculionidie; the popular name for these insects is ";' Later tiie C'urculioni(he were divided liy different authors in various ways into families, the name t"arculionid;e Ijeing retained for the forms having the most typically beak-formed head, while the families Bruchida?, Anthribida^, Rrenthida', and Scolj"tidfe were si^parated from the rest. Later still, about 1874, Dr. J. L. Le Conte constituted of the weevils, excluding the Bruchida% a separate group of Coleoptera, the Rhynchophora, which was sub-divided into families. Dr. Le Conte's definition reads .as follows: "Rhynchojihorous Coleoptera are those in. Fig. 375. — a, Bintchuspisi; b, B. ruHitmnus : c, B. granarius which the posterior lateral elements of the head an, will be treated under the families Bruchida^ Anthriliida', Brenthida% Scolytidte, and Curculionidne. The Bi; consist of rather small, numdish or suliquadrate lieetles, having the anterior ]>art of the head slightly extended, tlie nientum pedunculate, the prosternum reaching the posterior margin of the thorax beneath, the antennte eleven-jointed and thickened toward the tip, and the maxillary paljii four-jointed. The larva» of Bru- chid£e do miich to the seeds of leguminous jilants. The perfect beetles ap
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