68 Mr. Kirby on Herbs? s Genus Apion. 



50. APION AFFINE. 



A. atrum glabrum nitidiusculum, coleoptris obovatis obtusis 

 . viridescentibus, rostro breviori crassiusculo. 



Long. Corp. 1^. liri. 

 Habitat in AngM a Dom. Spence lectum. Mus. D. Spence. Nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum, glabrum, nitidulum. 



Caput magnum satis, punctulatum. Rostrum brevius, 

 admodimi crassum, subfiliforme. Antennte mediae me- 

 diocres ; clava crassiuscula. Ocidi subprominuli. 

 Truncus ex globoso teretiusculus, excavato-punctulatis- 

 simus, ante scutellum puncto major! seu lineoIa\ exa- 

 ratus. Coleoptra ex globoso obovata, viridescentia, 

 apice obtusa, striata: striis punctatis; interstitiis planis. 



Obs. — Alter sexus rostro mediocri tenuiori. 



This species is closely allied to the preceding; it differs prin- 

 cipally in size, being considerably larger ; the head is bigger in 

 proportion ; the thorax inclines more to a globose form, and the 

 elytra are of a different colour, and proportionally wider. 



. 51. APION BREVIROSTRE. 



A. atrum obscurum subpilosum, coleoptris subovatis, rostro 



breviori crassiusculo. 

 HerbsL Natursyst. vii. 130. 22. t. 103. /. 10— K ? 



Long. Corp. li lin. 

 Habitat in Anglia, Suecia, Geraiania. Mus. nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum obscurum, pilositate parvd. leviter 

 incanum. 



Caput punctatum, inter oculos ex punctis confluentibus 

 rugulosum. Rostrum brevius, crassiusculum, punctatum, 



apice 



