Genus. Cholus, Germar. Rhynchænus, Fabr. Curculio p. Linn. &c.
Cholus Urbanus. Fusco-viridis, thorace elytrisque flavo marginatis. (Long. Corp. rostr. inclus. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Curculio urbanus, Oliv. Enc. Méth. v. p. 503. Sch. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 3. 571. 17. (Cholus u.)
Curculio cinctus, Drury, App. vol. 3. (nec Cholus cinctus, Oliv. Rhynchænus.) Herbst. Col. vi. p. 478. t. 79. fig. 7.
Habitat: Musquito Shore, near Honduras.
Head black. Rostrum half the length of the insect. Antennæ black, arising near the end of the beak. Thorax dirty green, with a cream-coloured stripe running on each side, which is continued along the sides of the elytra, meeting at the anus. Beneath cream colour. Legs the same, being dirty green above. Every part of the insect appears covered with innumerable small black pustules, like spots, some smaller than others, those on the upper side being largest. Each of the femora is furnished with a single spine.
DYNASTES CLAVIGER.
Plate [XLVIII]. fig. 3.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Dynastidæ.
Genus. Dynastes, MacLeay. Geotrupes, Fabr. Scarabæus, Linn. Latr.