Mr. Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion. 9 



terms by which lie has defined the rostrum apply better to them 

 than they do to the true Attclabi, Ait. Conjli, &c. (whose 

 rostrum cannot, with propriety, be called cither elon S atum or in- 

 curvum) ; but antenna: e.vtrorsum crassiores will by no means a°ree 

 with the antenna; of Apion, which terminate in a little head° or 

 knob, although it. may suit Attelabus tolerably well, in which the 

 knob is not so distinct; yet Jaime's term for the antenna; of 

 Lurcuho (subclavatce) would better define them. The term moni- 

 hformes, ,f applied only to the stalk of the antenna;, appears to 

 be tolerably accurate ; yet even in this part the joints, if very 

 closely examined, will be found somewhat conical, or subtur- 

 bmate, rather than spherical. Besides these differences, the 

 rostrum of our msects is not dilated, as in the other Attelabi, at 

 the apex ; the trunk is not spherical ; and the elytra, taken to- 

 gether, are rarely, if ever, quadrangular. The Attelabi likewise 

 tor the most part, inhabit trees and the taller shrubs ; whereas 

 herbs and under-shrobs, and more particularly the class Diadel- 

 phia, are the most usual food of the species of Apion. 



Whether it be advisable to separate this genus from Cmculio 

 will admit of another question ; but, since this is the connecting 

 link between that genus and Attelabus, it seems to me that it 

 ought to be considered as distinct from both : the most essential 

 character of the genuine Curculio is its broken antenna, whose 

 ten last joints form an angle with the first or elongate one; where- 



tal!u WSeCtS ' th r gh th6y b ° m " v - *e terminate knob 

 ThTre at f SenUS ,'. haVC U " br0kcn antenna: Uke & former. 



^eh o^ert IT" 1108 (t ° *" "T the "^ sh »< le *» 

 each other) which are intermediate between that genus and 



Ajnon, whose a„te nna? , though the first ^ „ ^^ »* 



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neither 



