HABITAT: The Island of Johanna, near Madagascar.
General colour black. Head short and round, terminating in a small narrow
beak, almost the length of the thorax; in the middle of which are placed
the antennæ. Eyes entirely surrounding the head, meeting at top and
underneath. Thorax round and rough, being full of small tubercles; having
a posterior margin. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra striated, full
of small punctures or holes, and covering the anus. Femora smooth.
Anterior tibiæ furnished with four teeth, the hinder ones with three.
Tarsi brown beneath.
The male has the rostrum more elongated and furnished with long hairs,
somewhat like a bottle brush. It is figured by Olivier, Entomol. Vol. 5.
Charans, pl. 4. f. 37. a. b.