Mr, Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion. 39 



Apion pallipes. Mns. D. Gyilenhal. 



Long. Corp. I4- lin. 

 Habitat in Anglioe sepibus rarius. Etiara in Suecia. Mns. nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS nigrum, obscuriusculum, pilosnlum. 



Caput latum, punctulatum, inter oculos canaliculatum. 

 Rostrum submediocre, glabrum, nitidum, apice paul6 

 dilatatum. Antennae, longiores, posticae, basi obscure 

 rufae. Oculi prominuli. 

 Truncus ex globoso teretiusculus, punctulatissimus, li- 

 neola postica dorsali obsoletiuscula. Pedes testacei : 

 tarsis nigris. Scutellum minutum. Coleoptra oblongo- 

 ovata striata: striis punctatis; interstitiis planiusculis. 

 Var. (3. Rostro breviori, punctulato. An sex, alt.? 



Unless it be very closely examined, this insect is very liable 

 to be confounded with Apion Jlavipes, yet it exhibits some very 

 discriminating characters, which in a larger insect would at first 

 sight establish its claim to be considered as a distinct species. 

 The head is much wider in proportion; a single channel or fur- 

 row, drawn longitudinally, distinguishes the space between the 

 eyes; the rostrum is thicker and a little wider at the apex; and, 

 to name no other circumstance, the thorax is not nearly so nar- 

 row, and of a different shape. Since I have both sexes of Apion 

 flavipeS) I can see that these are not sexual characters; and from 

 the rostrum being shorter in variety (3 of Apion pallipes (a usual 

 sexual distinction) I may presume that I possess the sexes of 

 the latter insect, in which case no doubt can remain of their 

 being distinct. In the Swedish specimens of this insect, the 

 channel between the eyes is not so visible as it is in the English 

 ones. 



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