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PLATE CVII.

CURCULIO ARGENTATUS.

COLEOPTERA .

^Vings two, covered by two {hells, divided by a longitudinal future*

GENERIC CHARACTER.

■Antennae clavafed, elbowed in the middle, and fixed in the snout,"’bich is prominent and horny. Joints in each foot four.

* * Snout short. Thighs dentated.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Covered with fine green bronze scales. Antennae and legs brown.

C. brevirostris femoribus dentatus ; corpore viridi argenteo. Syji.Ent. 155. 148. Linn. Sy/i. Nat. 2. 615. 75.

Curculio fquamofus, viridi auratus. Geoff. Inf. x. 293. 38.

CuRcux.10 Urtica , &c. Degeer. Inf. 5. 2x9. 12.

Sulz. Hiji. Inf. tab. \.fig. 9.

Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. 198. 218.

^ bis elegant little Insect is very common during the summer ina lniofl; every situation. It generally appears in abundance in Mayan d June.

At Fig . I. is shewn the natural size.Fig , II. the magnified appearance.

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