226 [October, 



X. STJBSTRiaosus, sp. nov. 



In colour and geiaeral appearance resembling X. ochraceus ; head very finely 

 cross-strigoso throughout, not punctured on the vertex or between the inner 

 frontal furrows, piinctures at the side much more diffuse than in X. ochraceus, 

 inner frontal fuiTOws deeper and outer ones well marked ; last joint of maxillary 

 palpi aboiit as long, and one-half as broad, as penultimate, broa.dest at base ; 

 thorax finely cross-strigose in front, smooth behind, dorsal series consisting of 

 11-13 close-set punctures ; the lateral lobes of the aedeagus are represented on 

 each side by a narrow curved filamentary process. Length 5—6 mm. 



I have seeu four specimens in Mr. Tonilin's collection labelled 

 " Peckliani," and one in Mr. Waterliouse's, but it is j)robably much 

 more widely distributed. 



X. scoTicus, sp. nov. 



Very like X. ochraceus, but narrower and more linear ; head and thorax finely 

 and very closely cross-strigose ; sides of head more finely and less closely punc- 

 tured than in X. ochraceiis. Length 6 — 8 mm. 



About twelve specimens taken from flood-rubbish at Struy, 

 Strathglass, Inverness, and one at Altnahara, Sutherland. The sculp- 

 ture of the head and thorax is finer and much closer than in 

 X. suhstrigosus. In life the beetle looks very like X. linearis. 



Bradfiold, Berks : 



September 7th, 1913. 



ON APION SELOUSI, Newb., AND OTHEE SPECIES OF APION. 

 BY E. A. NEWBEKY. 



The note on Apion selonsi (Eut. Mo. Mag., XLIX, 154) has led 

 to some interesting correspondence with Herr Hans Wagner of the 

 Berlin Entomological Museum. He has been studying the Ajrionides 

 of the world for many years, and having now seen the type of the 

 above insect, he is of opinion that it cannot be regarded as a species, 

 but is an anomalous (" monstreuse") ? of A. snhnlatum, Kirby, 

 influenced by mechanical conditions in the pupal state. He considers 

 the tooth between the bases of the antennte as the most clear proof of 

 this, since he has never met with any other Apion with a similarly 

 formed rostrum. He refers to A. linderi, Wenck., which he considers 

 a similarly anomalous form of A. xstivum, Germ., as an analagous 

 case (Ent. Mitt. Band, I, p. 112). On tlie other hand, it may be 

 remarked that the insect is perfectly symmetrical, and that I have 



