Mr, Kir by on Hcrbst's Genus Apion. 45 



turn — viz. femora pallida — abdomen n heum : upon the former of 

 these I will not lay much stress, (though Linn 6 elsewhere* ex- 

 plains the term pallidas by albido-Jtavus, and the thighs of the 

 clover weevil are rufo-testaceous,) but the latter will not by any 

 means suit our insect, which has a naked black abdomen; and 

 in the many hundreds of specimens which I have examined, 

 this part has never varied from that colour. 



Whether what I have given above as such, or the insect now 

 under consideration, be the true Attelabus flavipes of Fabricius 

 seems uncertain; his Nomcn Specijicum defines it femoribus luteis, 

 but in his description (which is to be found only in his carlv 

 work, Sijstema Entomologice 133. 33.) he says pedibus flavis. In 

 his later works he refers both to Geoffroy and Paykull, the for- 

 mer of whom, by his Becmare noir a pattes fauves, evidently in- 

 tends Apion flavifemoratum, since he says Tout V animal est d'un 

 noir luisant, d Vexception des cuisses qui sont iwigedtres. Whereas 

 the latter as evidently had in his eye that which I have before 

 synonymized with Attelabus flavipes; this appears by the terms 

 employed in his Nomen Speeificum, femoribus tibiisque flavis: 

 since this last was sent me as Fabricius's insect by my learned 

 and liberal correspondent Major Gyllenhal, who has better op- 

 portunities than I have of knowing his sentiments, I have there- 

 fore given it as AM. flavipes. It is most probable, however, that 

 Fabricius, in common with other entomologists, has confounded 

 the two species. 



I have added a mark of interrogation to the synonym of Pan- 

 zer, because it seems to me uncertain whether his figure belongs 

 to Apion flavifemoratiim, or Apion flavipes.. 



Herbst's Apion flavifemoratiim (sent also by Major Gyllenhal) 

 is synonymous with my variety #.. 



* Faun. Suec. ISO. 609. 



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