352 Mr. Krrey’s Descriptions of 
A. simile is nearly related to and should follow the preceding - 
species, but it is less hairy; the rostrum is longer, its coleoptra 
are more obovate, have an neous tint, and reflect, although faintly, 
a sericeous lustre. It is also not unlike A. seniculus, (Linn. Trans. 
ix. 61. 43.) but it is less hairy, and proportionally wider. | 
67. APION ANGUSTATUM. 
A. atrum subangustum piloso-subincanum, coleoptris oblongis 
sulcatis, scutello canaliculato. 
Apion angustatum. Mus. Dom. Gyllenhal. 
Apion Meliloti var. 8. Kirby in Linn. Trans. ix. 64. 46. 
| Long. Corp. 1$ lin. 
Habitat in Suecià. Mus. Dom. Gyllenhal. nostr. 
DESCR. CORPUS atrum, angustum satis, ex pilositate obscu- 
rum et leviter incanum. 
. Carvr longum admodum, punctatum, inter oculos rugu- 
losum. . Rostrum longius, subfiliforme, arcuatum, levis- 
sime punctulatum, ante antennas nitidum. Antenne me- - 
diocres, pone medium rostro insidentes. Oculi prominuli. 
Truncus ex globoso teretiusculus, confluenter puncta- 
tus, ante scutellum lineolá satis impressá exaratus. Scu- 
tellum, quod singulare, canaliculatum. Coleoptra ob- 
longa, sulcata : sulcis interstitiorum fere Meat. im- 
pressé punctatis. 
. In my description of A. Meliloti, I intimated a suspicion that 
var. 8 might prove a distinct species; but as I had then seen 
only two specimens of the former insect, I did not venture to 
separate them. Having since taken several, none of which varied 
from 
