Mr. Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion, 43 



Habitat in Angliae Trifolii pratensis satis, Larva semina exedens, 

 Imago ubique frequentissima per totum fere annum. 



DESCR. CORPUS atrum, glabrum. 



'Caput punctulatum, inter oculos rugulosuni. Rostrum 

 longius, filiforme, nitidum, punctulatum, medio pauld 

 crassius. Antenna mediocres, media;, basi testacea?. 

 Oculi subimmersi. 

 Tiiuncus punctulatus, postice lineola dorsali exaratus. 

 Pedes atri: femoribus omnibus, apophysibus tibiisquc 

 anticis, at hi obscurius, rufo-testaceis. Scutcllum mi- 

 nutissimum. Coleoptra subglo osa seu ex globoso ova- 

 ta, fornicata et fere gibba, nitidiuscula, nigra, nigrore 

 saepius aeneo leviter infecto, striata: striis punctatis ; 

 interstitiis eonvexiusculis. 



Var. /3. Minor, antennis totis nigris. 

 — 7 . Tibiis omnibus nigricantibus: annulo testaceo. 

 Obs. — Sexus alter rostro mediocrL 



The two insects last described, (namely Apion assimile, and 

 Jlavifemoratum,) from their extreme similarity to each other, 

 are very liable to be confounded; if, however, they be carefully 

 examined, they will be found to possess characters sufficiently 

 striking to entitle them to rank as distinct species. In Apion 

 assimile (an insect which seems peculiar to Trif Hum ochroleucum) 

 the body is much narrower than is the case with the other, and 

 not so shining ; the space between the eyes, which are scarcely 

 at all prominent, is furrowed, but not very distinctly ; the an- 

 tennae are piceous at the base; the trunk is nearly cylindrical; 

 and the elytra subelliptical, with furrows slightly drawn. In 

 Apion flavifemoratum the space between the eyes is rugulose; the 

 body is wider in proportion than in the preceding; the elytra are 



g 2 shining, 



