BY JOHN WALTON. 17 



I cannot see any difference. There is clearly one, if not two speci- 

 mens o(A. Curtisii in the collection of the Entomological Club, 

 one of which certainly departs considerably from A. puhescens 

 in the form of the rostrum. A. rubens, taken by Mr. Ingall, at 

 Shirley Common, near Croydon, is very distinct from A. 

 hcBmatodes, and is the same insect mentioned by Mr. Stephens, 

 in his illustrations. I will just observe, in addition to the cha- 

 racters noticed by him, that it has, distinctly, a shorter head 

 than the latter. A. sanguiiieum is also a very good species : it 

 is said to be a native of Scotland ; but I find it tolerably 

 plentiful about Knaresboro'. A. stoUdum. Mr. Waterhouse 

 assures me, he has collated this insect with an original speci- 

 men from Germar, and that he feels perfectly satisfied of its 

 identity. He has two specimens in his cabinet, and there is 

 one in the collection of the Entomological Club : it is, appa- 

 rently, a very rare species. A. Icvvigattim. Of this beautiful 

 and very distinct species, I have only seen one example in the 

 collection of Mr. Kirby, taken by his friend, the Rev. Mr. 

 Sheppard : it must be very rare, or very local. A. picicornis. 

 Mr. Waterhouse took this distinct new species at Dorking : 

 there is one in the collection of the Entomological Club. A. 

 Hookerii. I have frequently met with this insect by sweeping in 

 clover-fields ; and, during the summer and autumn, near Low 

 Harrowgate I captured this rare insect in great plenty : I have 

 no doubt the Trifolium pratense is its natural food. A. ohsciirum 

 is a distinct species : the one in Mr. Kirby's collection is a 

 male, with its rostrum rather short, and attenuated before the 

 antenna?. There is another, in Mr. Stephen's cabinet, which is 

 a female, given by Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq., to the late 

 Mr. Marsham. 



A. flatipes. This species is stated to have black coxae, 

 and the anterior are said to be occasionally yellow ; it is also 

 stated the two anterior coxae are sometimes black, and some- 

 times yellow : the fact is, the two anterior coxae of the females 

 are black, and the trochanters yellow ; in the males, the ante- 

 rior coxae and trochanters are all yellow, so that this sup- 

 posed want of uniformity in the colour of the coxae is a mere 

 sexual character, not observed before, that I am aware of, for 

 want of not attending to the said characters. A. Icevicolle. A 

 very distinct species. Mr. Kirby says he thinks it was taken, 

 but is not quite certain, in the parish of Wittersham, in the 



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