Mr. Kirby on Thrust's Genus Apion. 6*9 



apice nitidum. Antenna mediae, longiores: clava eras- 

 si uscul a. QcAih vix prominuli. 

 Tituxcus subcylindricus, exeavato-punctatus, lincola 

 dorsali postice exaratus. Scutellum minutissimum. 

 Coleopira subova* a, sulcata : sulculis punctatis ; intei- 

 stitiis planiusculis. 



Tliere is considerable affinity between the present species and 

 that which precedes it; but it is hairy, the rostrum is shorter and 

 thicker, and the furrows of the elytra are more deeply drawn. 

 It was sent me by Major Gyllenhal as the Apion brevirostre of 

 Herbst, yet it does not altogether agree with that author's de- 

 scription ; for he says of his : " The thorax is rather broad, . with*- 

 out the impressed stria. The elytra have a viridi-aeneous tint, 

 and fine furrowed striae — it is not easy to see whether they are 

 punctured/' These characters are not to be found in our insect, 

 in which the thorax is narrow, with an impressed stria behind. 

 Its elytra have no viridi-aeneous tint, and the punctures of the 

 striae are sufficiently visible. 



52. APION HOOKERI. 

 A. atrum obscuriusculum, thorace globoso. Tab. 1. Jig. 18, 



Long. Corp. 1-j- Kir. 

 Habitat in Anglia, a Dom. \V* J. Hooker bis lectum. Mus. D. 



Hooker. Nostr.. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum, ex pube parva haud facile con- 

 spicu& obscurum. 



Caput brevissimum, inter oculos laeviusculum. Rostrum 

 mediocre, pone antennas paul6 incrassatum. . Antenna 

 mediocres, posticae. Oculi subimmersi. 



Truncus globosus, punctulatissimus postice lineoia vix 



bene 



