Aphrastus

Rostrum broad, transversely-subquadrate, sulcate, the scrobes short, superior, the nasal plate limited behind by a v-shaped ridge; eyes very widely separated, not strictly lateral; elytra 10-striate, the outer striæ coalescent from the basal third; posterior tibiæ narrowly laminate at the apex, the articular surface terminal, not cavernous; tarsal claws connate; body oblong or elongate, densely squamose, winged*.* Horn in his Table of the Cyphina, groupAphrasti (t. c. p. 87), states that the body is apterous; but this must be due to an error of observation.

The two known species of this genus are from North America, and two others are now added from Mexico, these latter being less convex than A. tæniatus and A. unicolor, and having the elytra parallel-sided anteriorly and the humeri more prominent. The chief characters of Aphrastus are as follows:—

Aphrastus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 3 described species in Aphrastus.

Aphrastus taeniatus