* 2 Mr. Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion. 



Pedes elongati, cursorii, anteriores intermediis, in- 

 termedii posterioribus sub-breviores : apophjsi 

 seu coxae biarticulatae ; articulo primo conico 

 majori, secundo obconico minori, insidentes ; an- 

 teriores duo seu manus pectori inserti antrorsum 

 tendunt, posteriores autem quatuor ex epigastrio 

 provenientes anum versus. 



Femora clavata. 



Tibia subcompressae, tenues, a basi sensim crassi- 

 ores, apice inermes*. 



Tarsi omnes 4-articulati, subtus pulvinati : articu- 

 lis duobus prirais conicis, penultimo majori ob- 

 cordato bifido, ultimo minuto ascendente gla- 

 bro unguiculato: unguiculis duobus incurvis. 



Scutellum minutissimum, subtriangulare. 



Elytra rigida, acuta, convexa, sulcata vel striata: 

 striis cxterioribus et interioribus saepius postice 

 confluentibus. 



Alee membranaceae, corpore longiores, transverse 



plicatae: plicis tribus ; antice binervia: nervulis 



longitudinalibus, basi et apice approximatisf. 



Abdomen ovatum: segmentis 5 seu 6 ; duobus anticis ma- 



joribus, intermediis angustissimis, ultimo longiori acuto. 



* De Geer (torn. v. p. 201), speaking of Curculio Linn., makes the following ob- 

 servation : " Lesjambes de tallies Us troispaires ont celade particulier,que t dans toutes 

 Us especes, elles ont en dessous de leur extremite un ongU ou un crochet pointu, tres dur 



et courbe en dessous Ce crochet des jambes pourroit fort bien entrer dans le carac- 



tere gmerique de ces insectes." This observation must have been made after a partial 

 examination, since we have seen above that some Attelabi have two spines, and all the 

 species of Apion have none. 



t Obs. " In quibusdam nervuli insuper duo {sed hand facile conspkiuntur) a medio alee 

 usque ad ejus apicem divergunt." 



Obs. 



