APION. 185 



Black, with close whitish-gray rough pubescence ; elytra 

 yellow-brown, a triangular common spot at base, suture and 

 side margin darker, antennae and legs reddish-yellow. Eos- 

 trum short, thick, only slightly curved (rather longer, 

 thinner and more curved in female than in male) ; thorax 

 nearly conical, closely punctured ; elytra with punctured 

 striae. L. 1 1. Common. A. malvae, Fab. 



H S, Elytra black or blue. 

 a a. Thorax copper. 



Bronze ; upper-side purplish-copper, with fine recumbent 

 pubescence ; eyes and antennae black. Head smooth 

 behind, rostrum rather thick, forehead and thorax punc- 

 tured ; elytra globose ovate, with punctured striae. L. 1 

 — 2 1. Moderately common. A. limonii, Kirby. 



6 &. Thorax black. 



A a. Thorax diffusely punctured, with cen- 

 tral line impunctate. 



Black, scantily pubescent. Head elongate, punctured in 

 wrinldes ; forehead with two or three furrows ; rostrum 

 short, marked with a fine stria ; thorax nearly cylindrical, 

 as long as broad, disc diffusely, sides not closely punctured, 

 with an impression before scutellum ; elytra oblong oval, 

 with narrow, feebly punctured furrows, interstices flat. L. 

 1 1. Scarce. A. sedi, Germ. 



S b. Thorax closely punctured. 

 A 1. Elytra blue or greenish-blue. 



a 1, Sides of thorax not or scarcely 

 rounded. 



A 2. Funiculus of antennae thick, 

 second joint almost transverse. 



II 2, Thorax with only a depres- 

 sion before scutellum. 



Black, nearly bare ; elytra blue. Eostrum short, curved, 

 punctured ; forehead wrinkled ; thorax as long as broad, 

 cylindrical, shallowly and not closely punctured, with a 

 rather deep oblong depression before scutellum ; elytra 

 elongate oval, with punctured furrows. L. 1^ 1. Common. 



A. violaceum, Kirby, 



b 2. Thorax with a feeble central 

 furrow behind. 



