28 Mr. Kirbt on Herbst's Genus Apion. 



DESCR. CORPUS atrum, totum pilis albidis subincanum. 



Caput punctulatum, inter oculos rugulosum. JRostrum 

 brevius, crassum,pilosum, punctatum, apice subulatum 

 deflexum, subtus medio dilatatum et quasi incisum, 

 antennis ex incisurae fossulaprovenientibus*. Antenna 

 mediocres, posticae, Oculi prominuli. 



Tuuncus ex nigro paululum caerulescens, postice latior, 

 apice submarginatus margine parum reflexo, ante scu- 

 tellum lineola exaratus, punctatus pilo, quod saepius fit 

 in hoc genere, ex singulis punctis prodeunte. Scutel- 

 lum minutum. Coleoptra obovata, cserulescentia, sul- 

 cato-striata : striis punctatis; interstitiis planis. 



Mas feminae simillimus, seel rostri apex glaber, nitidus, 

 magis et subito attenuatus-f. Frons inter oculos sulculis 

 duobus. Antennae articulo prinio basi obscure rufo. 



Var. (2. Adultior glaber, elytris vix colore caeruleo infectis. 



Mr. Marsham's Cure, ccerulescens is clearly synonymous with 

 Attet. -Pomona of the Supplement of Fabricius. The latter au- 

 thor quotes Herbst's Apion rujicorne as a variety of his insect, 

 but in this I think him mistaken; that insect, which I shall 

 shortly describe, being quite distinct, and more nearly related to 

 Apion Cracca. Curculio glaber was admitted into Mr. Mar- 

 sham's useful work upon my authority : I am now convinced that 

 it is merely a variety of the male of Apion carulescens (which I 

 had not then seen) that has lost its pubescence and colour 

 through age. 



11. APION SUBULATUM. 



A. atrum subpilosum, rostro apice attenuato, coleoptris subglo- 

 bosis. Tab. i. Jig. 5. 



Long. Corp. If Jin. 

 * Tab, i. Jig. 4, a. t Ibid.b. 



Habitat 



