Mr* Kirby on Htrbst's Genus Apion. 47 



Habitat in Attglift tempore vernali e rarioribus umim. Etiam in 

 Suecia et Germania. Vict us — Sorbi Aucuparue flores, fructus, 

 succus. Bom. Ilerbst. Mus. nostr. <? . D. Spence, nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum, glaberrimum, nitidiusculum. 



Caput brevissimum, inter oculos rugulosum. Rostrum 

 vix corpore brevius, apice paulo dilatatnm, ubi anten- 

 na? inseruntur ntrinque tumid'ulum. Antentue brcviores, 

 pone medium rostro insidenles. Oculi immersi. 

 Thuncus subglobosus, punctulatus: punctis confliienti- 

 bus, postice dorso prof undo canaliculatus. Scutellum 

 minutissimum. Coleoptra globosa, viridescenti-caerulea, 

 striata : striis quasi acu ductis, subpunctatis : intersti- 

 tiis latis, planis. 



Obs. — Mas fozmina differt rostro multo breviori, crassiori; antennh 

 brevioribus ; elytris obscurioribus nigris: nigrore ceneo aut viridi- 

 ceneo paululum tincto. 



Mr. Marsham's description of this insect was made when he 

 was staying with me, from a specimen in my cabinet : neither 

 of us at that time discovered it to be Attelabus Sorbi of Fabricius. 

 I have since received it as such from Major Gyllenhal, and upon 

 comparing it with the description of Fabricius, I am convinced 

 that his specimens are rightly named. It is well figured in 

 Panzer, and admirably by ilerbst. Curculio Sorbi of Entomolo- 

 gia Britamiica is quite a distinct insect^ which I shall hereafter 

 describe. I have looked for this insect upon Sorbus Aucuparia, 

 where it was growing wild, but could never meet with it there. 1 

 have generally found it in grass : but this circumstance probably 

 was merely accidental. It is a rare insect, particularly that 

 which, upon the authority of Major Gyllenhal, I have given as 

 the male, which has been taken in Britain but once by Mr. 

 Spence. 



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