. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 540 Apoderut, distinct by the head affixed to the thorax by a rotule. Abus, has the head immersed to the eyes in the thorax. Khynchite», has the proboscis dilated at the tip, and the abdomen nearly square. R. Bacchut [a splendid but very rare British species], lives on the vine, the larvae inhabiting the rolled-up leaves, which it devours, and thus sometimes commits great damage. Apion, Herbst., has the body pear-shaped. See the monographs of Germar and Kirby, in Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xii. [Some of the spec
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 540 Apoderut, distinct by the head affixed to the thorax by a rotule. Abus, has the head immersed to the eyes in the thorax. Khynchite», has the proboscis dilated at the tip, and the abdomen nearly square. R. Bacchut [a splendid but very rare British species], lives on the vine, the larvae inhabiting the rolled-up leaves, which it devours, and thus sometimes commits great damage. Apion, Herbst., has the body pear-shaped. See the monographs of Germar and Kirby, in Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xii. [Some of the species do much damage, devouring the seeds of clover.] Rhinotia, Kirby [Belus, Sch.], has the body almost linear, and the antennae thickened, but not clubbed. Eurhinus, Kirby, has the antennae terminated by a long mass, the last joint 3 \ being greatly elongated in the males, rig. 78.—1, Atteiabn» cnrcuiionoide» ; Tubicenus, Dej. {Auletes, Sch.), has the antennae terminated by a perfoliated mass, and the abdomen is oblong. Those which have the antennae filiform, with the last joint alone forming the mass, the proboscis often longer in the males than in the females, and often differently terminated, and always stretched out in front, the body elongated, and the penultimate tarsal joint bilobed, compose the genus— Brentus, Fab. (Curculio, Linn.) These insects are peculiar to warm climates. Some of them, which have the body linear, and the antennae filiform, and ll-jointed, form the subgenus Brentus proper, Linn., whichhas been greatly cut up by Schonherr. From the statements of Savi and Lacordaire, it appears that these species are always found beneath the bark of trees ; the only European species is the Brentus italicus. Ulocerut, Schon., has the body linear, and the antennae ll-jointed. Cyla», Latr., has only 10-jointed, and the thorax nodose. Sometimes the antennae are distinctly elbowed, the basal joint being mueh longer than the following. These form the genus Curculio,
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