Mr. Kirby on Herbst's Genus Apion. 79 



mare in Norfolcid Jul. ex. et Aug. in 1807. a nobis saepius 

 tectum* Apud City in eodero com. a Dom. J. Hooker in col- 

 libus arenosis maritimis. Mus. Dom. J. Hooker. Nostr. 



DESCR. CORPUS pilis brevissimis decumbcntibus, nisi sub 

 lente vix conspicuis, consitum. 



Caput longum satis, posticb laevc cupreum, inter oculos 

 punctatum: punctis conflueritibus purpurascente-viola- 

 ceum, subtus aeneum. Rostrum brevius, crassum, punc- 

 tulatum, purpurascei^e-violaceum, subtus atrum gib- 

 bum punctis excavatis utrinque notatum : disco laevi. 

 Antenna mediae, longiores, nigra*. Oculi majusculi, 

 subimmersi, nigri. 



Tr uncus fere cylindricus, cupreo nitidulus, levitcr et 

 discrete punctulatus, postice fovcola seu puncto mag- 

 no excavato notatus. Pectus et Epigastrium aeneo ni- 

 tidula, punctata. Pedes reliquo eorpore magis pilosi, 

 obscurius purpurascente-cuprei. Coleoptra ex globoso 

 obovata, purpurasccnte-cupreo nitidula, striata: striis 

 punctatis; interstitiis planiusculis. 



Abdomen punctatum, obscure purpurascente-cupreum : 

 segmento primo aeneo nitidulo. 



Var. ]S. Trunco purpurascente-cupreo. 



7. Minus, totum cupreum: thorace canaliculato. An 



idem ? 



I met with this insect in the sea marshes at Holme-juxta-marc 



in Norfolk (a village remarkable for producing many scarce 



plants and insects) upon the leaves of Statice Limonium, when 



that plant was just beginning to blossom. Mr. J. Hooker took 



it upon the sand-hills at Cley in the same county. It is perfectly 



distinct from every other, and is by far the most beautiful and 



splendid species of the genus that I have yet seen. 



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