in zoology, a genus of insects belonging to the order of coleoptera or beetle-kind. It has four wings, of which the superior is crenulate, and serve as a sheath or cover to the inferior, which are membranous. The head tapers behind, and is inclined; the feelers turn thicker toward the apex. The species are 13; viz. 1. The coryli is black, with red elytra or crenulate wings. 2. The avellanae is black, with the breast, feet, and elytra red. 3. The curculionoides is black, with red elytra and breast. The above three species frequent the leaves of the hazel and sambucus trees. 4. The surinamensis has a double indentation (or two teeth) in the top of the elytra. It is a native of Surinam. 5. The penilvaticus is black, with red elytra, a black belt round the middle, and another towards the apex of the elytra. It is a native of Philadelphia. 6. The melanurus is black, with falcate elytra black at the apex. It is a native of Sweden. 7. The betulae has falcate or springy legs, and the whole body is of a dark-red colour. It frequents the leaves of the birch-tree. 8. The formicarius is black, with red elytra, and a double white belt toward the base. It is a native of Europe. 9. The sipylus is green, with a hairy breast, and a double yellow belt upon the elytra. 10. The apiarus is bluish, with red elytra, and three black belts. It is a native of Germany. 11. The mollis is yellowish and hairy, with pale elytra, and three belts. It is a native of Europe. 12. The ceramboides is of a blackish red colour, and the elytra is furrowed. It frequents the spongy boletus, a species of mushroom. 13. The buprestoides is of a dark-red colour, with a globular breast, and nervous elytra. It is a native of Europe.