Mr. Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion.' 19 



DESCR. CORPUS nigrum, pilis decumbentibus cinereis in- 

 canum. 



Caput. Rostrum corporis fere longitudine, tenue, filifor- 

 me, levissime arcuatum, atrum, riitidum. Antenna bre- 

 viores, postica;*, basi rufae. Occiput atrum glabrum. 

 Oculi majusculi, prominentes. 

 Tr uncus subglobosus, postice paulo latior. Thorax pos- 

 tice (pilositate scil. abrasa) canaliculars, antice sub- 

 marginatus. Pedes anteriores ferruginei : femoribus 

 basi nigris, posteriores quatuor nigri; tibiis obscure 

 runs. Scttfe/Zttmminutissimum. Coleoptra oblono-iuscula, 

 convexa, striata : striis punctatis. 

 Var. @. pedibus quatuor anterioribus feirugineis. 

 — y. pedibus omnibus nigris. 

 Obs. — MasvostYo vix thorace longiori. 



This insect has much of the habit of Mr. Mars ham's family 

 A.b.*, jet, since the antennae are not broken, it certainly be- 

 longs to this genus. It is remarkable that this species should 

 not be known upon the continent, with us it is one of the most 

 common of the tribe. It is entirely confined to JJlex europaus, 

 but not, as Forster affirms, to the flowers, nor does it ap- 

 pear in the spring only, but may be met with all the summer, 

 and sometimes even in the winter. 



2. APION MELANOPUM. 



A. nigricans villosulum, elytris fuscis : striga obliqua baseos ci- 



nerea, pedibus rufis : plantis atris. * 

 Curculio melanopus. Marsh. Ent. Brit. i. 248. 27. 

 Attelabus fuscirostris. Fabr. Ent. Si/st. Em. i. b. 389. 24. Syst. 



Eleuth. ii. 424. 40. Curculio fuscirostris. Gmel. 1743. 102. 



* For my sense of these and similar terms see p. 3, 4. . 



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