56 Mr. Km by on Ihrbst's Genus Apion. 



Attelabus astragali. Payk. Faun, Suec. iii. 180. 15. 



Long. Corp. H lin. 



Habitat in foliis Astragali glycypltyUi in Kinnakulle Westro-Go- 

 thiae. Dom. Gyllenhal. Mus. nostr. 



DESCR. CORPUS sneum seu viridi-ameum, glabrum, nitidum. 



Caput inter oculos rugulosum. Rostrum mediocre, atrum, 



nitidum. Antenna mediocres, pone medium rostri in- 



serta;. Oculi vix prominuli. 

 Truncus discrete punctulatus, dorso in medio canalicu- 



latus. Tarsi nigri. Scutellum minutissimum. Coleoptra 



ovata, amcene cyanea, interdum violacea, striata: striis 



punctatis interstiliis vix convexis. 



Var. (3. Elytris viridibus. 

 This is- one of the most elegant species of this genus ; it was 

 sent me from Sweden by Major Gyllenhal, from whom Paykull 

 originally received it. Astragalus glycyphy tins is common in my 

 neighbourhood, but I have not yet met with this little insect 

 upon it. 



36. APION SPART1I. 



A. atrum glabrum, coleoptris obovatis, atro-cseruleis, fronte 

 punctata, rostro mediocri. 



Long. Corp. 1 lin. 

 Habitat in Spartio sed ran us. Mus. nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum, glaberrimum, minus nitidum. 



Caput latiusculutn, inter oculos punctulatum : punctis 

 confluentibus. Rostrum mediocre, filiforme, nitidius- 

 culum, per totam longitudinem punctulatum. Antenna. 

 mediocres, mediae. Oculi subimmersj. 



Truncus 



