Mr. Kirbt on Herbs? s Genus Apion. 35 



these differences might have been regarded as accidental; and, 

 since Linne does not always use his terms rigidly according to 

 their strict definition, and in his descriptions often omits to notice 

 many peculiarities of the subject he is treating of, it might have 

 been thought that in the present instance latitude of this kind was 

 taken: but our insect is quite distinct from the clover Weevil ; 

 the shape of the thorax and that of the elytra taken together is 

 different, the former being more spherical, and the latter more 

 oblong. The Apion of the mallow is also hairy, especially un- 

 derneath, which gives the whiteness to its breast and abdomen, 

 whereas Mr. Markwick's insect has no hairs upon it, and is quite 

 black underneath. That gentleman, indeed, in his description, 

 speaks of his specimens as having " a whitish belly," (a circum- 

 stance which naturally induced Mr. Marsham to regard the two 

 insects as synonymous) but in a letter with which he favoured 

 me, in answer to some queries I put to him upon this subject, 

 he says, " I well remember that when this insect was first ex- 

 cluded from its chrysalis state, its belly was whitish, as I have de- 

 scribed it, but I think I afterwards discovered that its belly soon 

 (in a day or two) changed to black, which may account for the 

 difference in Mr. Lehmann's description and mine." 



17. APION RUFIROSTRE. - . 



A. atrum, subtus piloso-albicans, rostro dimidiato antennis pedi* 

 busque rufis, coleoptris ovatis nigro-aeneis. 



Herbst. Natursyst. vii. 111. 10. t. J 02./ 10— K. 



Curculio rufirostris. Fab. Syst. Ent. 132. 25. Sp. Lis. i. 167. 35. 



Mant. i. 100. 46. Marsh. Ent. Brit. i. 246. 21. Gmel. 1744. 107. 



Fill. Ent. Eur. i. 187. 44. iv. 267. Ross. Faun. Etrusc. i. 122. 



293. Hellw. 293. 



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