456 Mr. J. "Walton on the Genus Apion. 



This insect is apparently rare in the south of England: it was 

 taken at Arundel in August, and at Dorking in June, by Mr. S. 

 Stevens ; and by myself at Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, plenti- 

 fully in June and September, amongst grass and on banks under 

 hedges. 



32. A. German, Walton. 



Ovate or long-ovate ; ceneous black ; thickly clothed with a fine 

 cinereous pubescence : head very short, subquadrate, punctulated, 

 with an obsolete channel between the eyes ; eyes moderately pro- 

 minent, ciliated: rostrum in the male short, stout, and thickly 

 covered with whitish hairs ; longer in the female, rather slender, 

 attenuated before the antennse, smooth, glabrous, and shining : 

 the antennse inserted near the base beneath, entirely dull testa- 

 ceous : thorax subcylindrical, thickly and finely punctured, the 

 punctures confluent, with a dorsal line before the base more or 

 less distinct : elytra ovate, very convex, punctate-striate, the inter- 

 stices slightly elevated, evidently punctured, very pubescent, with 

 a whitish spot on each side of the scutellum, and a broad denuded 

 transverse /«5cm on the middle of the back : legs slender, yellow; 

 the coxse black ; all the trochanters, with the joints of the legs, 

 the tarsi and claws, at their apices, rufo-testaceous. Length 1 — 1^ 

 line. 



The affinity between this and the preceding species is certainly 

 very close, but I am convinced it is sufficiently distinct ; it is a 

 smaller insect, and differs in having a shorter form, a more convex 

 body, the legs more slender, and in being considerably more pubes- 

 cent, especially in recent specimens : the elytra having the white 

 spots at the base, the denuded fascia on the back, the punctured 

 interstices, yellow legs, the pale trochanters and tarsi, are all good 

 distinctive characters. 



I have the pleasure of naming this new species as a testimony 

 of respect to one of the most learned and distinguished ento- 

 mologists in Europe. 



It is unknown to Schonherr and to Germar, to each of whom 

 I sent specimens under the above name. 



I found this species very abundant on Mercurialis annua in 

 the middle of September and October near the Tivoli Gardens, 

 Margate. 



33. A. flavimanum, Schonh. 1833. 



— picicorne (Waterh. MSS.), Staph. Man. 1839. 



The anterior tibiae of this species are generally more or less 

 dusky testaceous or piceous, sometimes entirely black ; the an- 

 tennse have the joints rufo-testaceous, piceous or black, the club 

 always dull black. 



