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the male, in each sex much longer than the head and thorax ; eyes moderately prominent, 
rather widely separated ; antenne long and slender, with elongate pointed club. Thorax 
a good deal narrowed anteriorly, with a short channel in front of the scutellum. FElytra 
with the punctures in the strie deep and approximate, the interstices much broader 
than the grooves. Legs elongate and slender. Male with the hind tibia furnished at 
the apex beneath with a strong mucro, and there is a less conspicuous mucro on the 
middle tibia. The shining, metallic thorax and elytra, with only very scanty and 
minute hairs, and the long rostrum, legs, and antenne, will lead to the recognition of 
this species. Ten examples have been met with. 
9. Apion acupunctatum, sp. n. 
Breviusculum, nigrum, subnitidum, fere nudum; rostro mediocri, cylindrico, polito, antennis paullo ante rostri 
basin insertis, oculis prominulis; prothorace crebre fortiterque punctato; elytris striatis, striis punctis 
elongatis munitis. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Panama, David (Champion). 
We have received five examples of this Apion, but I do not detect any sexual distinc- 
tions ; it is allied to A. guatemalenum, but has the elytra differently sculptured. The 
rostrum is slender, moderately curved, shining black, rather longer than the head and 
thorax ; the eyes are very prominent, the interval between them wide; the antenne 
are inserted about as far in front of the eyes as the width of the ocular interspace. 
The thorax is small, narrowed in front, coarsely but not rugosely punctate, with a 
shallow depression at the base in front of the scutellum. The elytra are short, not 
sulcate, but with strongly marked strie, which have an interrupted appearance due to 
the punctures in them. The middle coxe are approximate. 
10. Apion stabile, sp. n. 
Angustulum, elongatum, nigrum, opacum, setulis albidis sparsum; rostro mediocri, minus gracili, antennis 
fuscis, bene ante basin insertis ; prothorace conico-cylindrico, sat crebre parum argute punctato ; elytris 
angustis, convexis, sat profunde sulcatis, sulcis punctis approximatis munitis. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaua, San Gerdénimo 3000 feet (Champion). 
This differs from A. preditum and A. spretissimum by the thicker rostrum and more 
cylindrical thorax, and by the antenne being inserted a little farther from theeyes. The 
sexes seem to differ very little from one another. The rostrum is curved, black, shining, 
but quite distinctly punctate in each sex, in the male its length is slightly less and the 
punctuation is slightly more defined than in the female ; the eyes are small, rather widely 
separated, and are placed at a considerable distance from the front of the thorax. The 
thorax is slender, scarcely at all narrowed in front, and has a canaliculiform fovea in 
front of the scutellum. The little white sete on the elytra and on the surface generally 
are very conspicuous, and the front of the breast on each side anterior to the middle 
coxe is covered with them. Ten examples. 
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