26* Mr. Kirbv on Herbst's Genus Apion. 



Caput breve admodum, inter oculos punctatum. Rostrum 

 longius, ill i forme, satis arcuatum, basi paulo incrassa- 

 tum. Antenna posticae. Oculi prominuii. 



Tn uncus brevis, ex globoso teretiusculus, postice lineola 



dorsali brevissima et nisi sub lente forti vix eonspieua 



leviter exaratus. Scutellum minutissimum. Coleoplra 



*. ex oblongo globosa, sulcato-striata : striis punctatis; 



intcrstitiis planiusculis. 



This insect much resembles Ap. Ononis, but seems sufficiently 

 distinguished from it by having a shorter and wider head, pun eta 

 instead of striae between the eyes, instead of a longitudinal 

 channel a very short faintly impressed line upon the thorax just 

 above the scutellum, a rostrum more arched, and a less hairy 

 body. It comes nearer to Apion Loti (n. 38), but it is a shorter 

 insect, with a shorter rostrum, a wider head, elytra taken toge- 

 ther of a different shape, and interstices of the striae flat. 



9. APION VORAX. 



A. atrum villoso-canescens, antennis basi testaceis, tibiis anticis 

 femineis subflexuosis, coleoptris oblongis atro-caeruleis. 

 Herhst. Natursyst. vii. 129. 20. t. 103./. 8— H. 



? 

 Curculio villosulus. Marsh. E?it. Brit, i. 250. 34. 



<? 

 Curculio fuscicornis. Marsh. Ent. Brit. i. 244. 17. 



Long. Corp. ? !•§ lin. <? 1-j. lin. 



Habitat in Suecia. In Anghae Fraxino sapiiislegi. Mus. D. Mar- 

 sham. Nostr. 



DESCR. CORPUS atrum, totum pills albidis decumbentibus 

 incanum. 



Caput 



