APION. 79. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith); Guatemata, San Gerénimo 
(Champion); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Rostrum slender, quite as long as the head and thorax, in front of the insertion of the 
antenne cylindrical, behind this thicker, similar in length in the two sexes—in the female 
setose only at the base, the apical portion being polished, in the male setose as far as 
the apex; eyes large, convex, not widely separated; antenne inserted about as far as 
the length of the eye in front of the eye and under a minute lateral prominence of the 
rostrum, yellow, the first and second joints almost equal, stout. Thorax rather large, 
curved at the sides and greatly narrowed in front, densely punctate, and with an ex- 
tremely fine channel extending the greater part of its length. Elytra somewhat densely 
clothed with griseous setosity, and with a very conspicuous white patch immediately 
behind the scutellum, rather deeply sulcate. Legs bright yellow; apices of the tarsi 
fuscescent; coxee and trochanters black. Under surface clothed with white setosity ; 
middle coxee rather widely separated. 
Mr. Champion procured a fine series of this distinct species at San Gerdénimo; the 
specimens do not exhibit any variation. Mexico and Panama have each yielded only 
one individual. 
72. Apion pacificum, sp. n. 
Sat angustum, nigrum, subopacum, breviter griseo-setosum, antennis pedibusque cum coxis rufis; rostro brevi, 
maris ad apicem rufo; prothorace parvo, conico-cylindrico, obsolete punctato; elytris convexis, sat pro- 
funde sulcatis, interstitiis planis. 
Long. 2; millim. 
Hab. GuatTemata, near the city (Champion). 
Rostrum short and stout, curvate, a little attenuate towards the apex, finely sculptured 
and feebly pubescent, dull; eyes moderately large, but not prominent, separated by a 
rather narrow space, which is destitute of any evident sculpture ; antenne inserted a 
little behind the middle. Thorax slender, a good deal narrowed towards the front, only 
obsoletely punctured and without channel, sparingly but distinctly clothed with white 
setee. Elytra almost oval in outline, rather deeply and moderately widely sulcate, 
the interstices broad, flat, finely, moderately closely pubescent. Legs reddish-yellow ; 
tarsi infuscate ; middle coxe not widely separated. 
A good series was obtained of this obscure insect; the specimens exhibit very little 
variation, and the sexes are not very different except in the colour of the rostrum. 
73. Apion ferrugineum, sp. n. 
Ovale, ferrugineum, fere nudum, sat nitidum; rostro mediocri; elytris anguste profunde sulcatis, interstitiis 
subconvexis. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. Guaremaua, Duefias (Champion). 
Rostrum rather slender, punctulate, a little shining, in the male quite as long as the 
