Mr. Klrby on Herbs fs Genus Apion. 57 



Tr uncus vix capite latior, subcylindricus, discrete scd 

 leviter punctatus, puncto ins u per majori ante scutcl- 

 lum notatus. Scutellum minutum. Coleoptua bbovata, 

 postice gibbosiuscula, striata: striis iniprossc punc ta? 

 tis ; interstitiis convcxiusculis. 



37. APION SPENCII. 



A. atrum piloso-obscurum, thorace canaliculate), coleoptris ob- 

 longis atro-caeruleis, fronte striata, rostro piloso. Tab, I. Jig. 13. 



Long. Corp. H I'm. 

 Habitat in Anglia, A Doni. Spence semel lectum. Mas. D.Spcncc. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum, ex pilositate albid& obscurum. 



Caput inter oculos trisulcum. Rostrum submediocre, cras- 

 siusculum, reliquo corpore magis pilosum. Antenna: 

 pone medium rostri in fossula inserta?, longiores. Oculi 

 magni, ovales, prominuli. 

 Tuuncus brevis, antice angustior, ex globoso teres, punc- 

 tatus : punctis impressis subconrluentibus, supra medio 

 canaliculars, postice utrinque fovea\ obsoletiuscula. 

 Coleoptra obovato-oblonga, atro-caerulescentia, striata: 

 striis concinne punctatis ; interstitiis planis. 

 This species bears considerable resemblance to the preceding, 

 but it is much larger, and hairy ; the eyes are proportionally 

 larger, between which, under a good lens, may be discerned 

 three little furrows, not discoverable in Apion Spartii. The tho- 

 rax also is canaliculate, with larger puncta, and more deeply im- 

 pressed. It stands unique in the collection of my friend Wil- 

 liam Spence, Esq. F.L.S., whose name it bears ; a tribute justly 

 due to one of the most acute and learned entomologists of this 

 island, 



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