36 Mr. Kir by on Ilerbst's Germs Apion. 



Attelabus rufirostris. Fabr. Eni. Syst. Em. i. b. 390. 26. Syst. 

 Ekulh. ii. 424. 43. 



Long. Corp. 1.1 I'm. 



Habitat in Angliae Malvis cum praecedente. Mm. nostr. 



DESCR. CORPUS atrum, obscurum, supra albido subpilosum, 

 subtus totum pilis densis lacteum. 



Caput inter oculos rugulosum. Rostrum brevius, cras- 

 siusculurn, basi nigrum, ante antennas rufum, apice 

 summo iterum nigro. Antenna mediocres, testacese, 

 postica3: clavd crassiuscula. Oculi vix prominuli. 

 Truncus ex globoso teretiusculus, leviter punctulatus, 

 lineola\ postica brevissima supra obsoletius exaratus. 

 Pedes testacei: tarsis articulis duobus extimis nigris. 

 Scutellum minutum. Coleoptra ovata, nigro-aenea, 

 striata: striis vix punctatis ; interstitiis planiusculis. 

 Abdomen. Anus testaceus. 

 This insect certainly bears, in many respects, considerable re- 

 semblance to Apion Malvarum ; yet it differs so materially in 

 others, that I cannot help regarding them as distinct : its rostrum 

 rufous at the end, its rufous anus and antennas are differences too 

 striking to be regarded as merely indications of sex, unless stronger 

 evidence could be adduced than the mere circumstance of their 

 inhabiting the same plant. I have therefore, notwithstanding an 

 observation of Hellwig s recorded by Herbst which intimates that 

 they are varieties, ventured to continue them as distinct. 



18. APION NIGRITARSE. 



A, atrum glabrum, rostro dimidiato pedibusque testaceis, anten- 

 nis clava. tarsisque nigris, coleoptris oblongo-ovatis. Tab. J, Jig. 6. 



Long. Corp. 4 Jin. 



Habitat 



