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In Podapioii tlie uiiteiiinil club is relatively very small, with the 

 last joint nuich shorter than either of the two preceeding. In Ajnon 

 the last joint of the club is always distinctly longer than the one 

 preceding and constitutes at least one-third the length. Again, the 

 front thighs are conspicuously stouter than the others in Podapion, 

 never so in Apion (the peculiar sexual modifications of the front 

 thighs of certain males of Section I cannot properly be cited as an 

 exception). It may be said that tlie middle coxse are more narrowly 

 separated than usual, though certain species of Apnon, e. g. hercu- 

 lanum, approach it in this respect. The claws are nearly simple, 

 there being merely a slight basal angulation, which is more evident 

 in the anterior pair. There seem to be no sexual differences, except 

 the very slightly longer and smoother beak of the female. 



Mr. Blanchard writes me that he has beaten Podapion from pitch 

 pine, Pinus, rigida, on which it had undouljtedly bred ; P. inops not 

 occurring there (Lowell, Mass.). 



Specimens are recorded from District of Columbia, Massachusetts, 

 Michigan. Smith also adds H. B., Arkansas, Florida. 



Since writing the above I have seen a specimen from California 

 (Placer County), in the collection of Mr. Van Dyke, of Soldiers' 

 Hojne, California. Truly an insect of extraordinary distribution. 



Bibliography and Synonomy. 



AFION Hbst. 



1. A. eri-aticum Smith., Traus. Am. Ent. Sot-., 1884, p. 44; estrintiim 9 Smith, 



loc. cit., p. 47. 



2. A. impeditum n. sp. 



3. A. quadricolle n. sp. 



4. A. protensum Lee, Pac. R. K. Expl. and Surveys Ins. 53; Smith, loc. cit p. 4(j. 



5. A. impunctistriatum Smith, loc. cit., p. 48. 



6. A. coracellum n. s]). 



7. A. anceps n. sp. 



8. A. atripes Smith, loc. cit.. p. 49. 



9. A. flnitimum u. sp. 



10. A. virile n. s]). 



11. A. melanarium Gerst., Stett. Ent. Zeit, 1854, p. 2(31 ; Smith, loc. cit., p. 50. 



12. A. floridanum Smith, loc. cit., p. 49. 



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