70 Mr. Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion. 



bene conspicua, exaratus. Coleoptra oblongiuscula, 

 certo situ et sub luce viriditate levissima imbuta, stri- 

 ata: striis punctatis ; interstitiis planis. 



This species seems nearly related to a North American Apion, 

 described by Herbst under the name of Apion nigrum, (Natur- 

 syst. vii. 132. 24. t. 103. /. 11— -L.) but if, by the term * granu- 

 lated," he means that the thorax is covered with elevated points, 

 his insect is materially different from ours. 



I am indebted to the kindness of an excellent naturalist, Mr. 

 W. J. Hooker of Norwich, who first discovered it, for this spe- 

 cies. Many other nondescripts have been taken by him and his 

 brother Mr. J. Hooker, and I name this insect after them as a 

 memorial of my sense of their ability and exertions in the service 

 of my favourite department in natural history. 



53. APION LJEVIGATUM. 



A. atrum laeviusculum, coleoptris ovatis violaceis obsolete stri- 



atis. 



Long. Corp. 1; lin. 

 Habitat in Anglia rarissimk. In arenario quodam prope Gippo- 



vicum a Dom. Sheppard bis lectum. Mus. D. Sheppard. 



DESCR. CORPUS lanceolatum, glaberrimum, laeviusculum, 

 atrum. 



Caput inter oculos striatulum: striolis 4 seu 5. Rostrum 

 longius. Antenna longiores, posticae, nitidiusculee : 

 clava parva admodum. 

 Truncus cylindricus : dorso lsevi ; lateribus punctulatis. 

 Pedes pilis albidis rarius adspersi. Scutellum minutissi- 

 mum. Coleoptra obovata, amcene violacea, substriata : 

 striis levissime impressis attamen punctatis. 



This insect, taken only by Mr. Sheppard, is one of the most 



distinctly 



