Mr. Kirby on Herbs t j Genus Apion. 29 



Habitat in Angliae Lathyro pratensi. Mcnsc Julio 1805 tria cepi. 



Mus. nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS at rum, opacum, pilositate parva, nisi sub 

 ]ente vix conspicua, respersum. 



Caput punctulatum, inter oculos stfiatulum. Rostrum 

 mediocre, basi incrassatum obscurum, apice attenua- 

 tum nitidum, subtus vix dilatatum*. Antenna medio- 

 cres, pone medium rostro insidentes : articulo primo 

 basi obscure rufo; clava majuscula. Oculi subpromi- 

 nuli. 

 Truncus linea- dorsal i antice abbreviate cxaratus. Scu- 

 tellum minutissimum. Coleoptra ex obovato subglobosa, 

 striata: striis punctatis; interstitiis planis. 



Var. (2. Rostro acumine breviori, basi crassiori. An Sex. 

 alt.? 

 This species a good deal resembles variety (3 of that last de- 

 scribed ; but it is smaller, the rostrum is not dilated underneath, 

 its acumen is longer, and the elytra are shorter in proportion. 



12. APION CRACCiE. 

 A. atrum villoso-subincanum, rostro crassiusculo : apice attenu- 

 ate, ahtennis basi testaceis, coleoptris subglobosis. 

 Herbst. Natursyst. vii. 102. 2. t. 102. Jig. 2— B. 

 Curculio Craccae. Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. 606.S. Gmcl. 



1743. 6. 

 Marsh. Ent. Brit. i. 245. 18. Vill. Ent. Eur. i. 174. 3. 



Payk. Mon. Cure. 131. 

 Curculio Vicise. Be Geer. v. 253. 43. t. 6. f. 31, 32. 

 Attelabus Craccae. Payk. Faun. Suec. iii. 177. 11. JValch 

 Faun. Paris, i. 236. 11. 



* Tal.\.Jig.5,2L. 



Long. 



