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ropean C. contmctas) — a circumstance wliich has suggested its trivial 



name. 



499. Apion umbrinum, n. sp. 



A. nigro-plumbeum, subopacum, squumis cinereis demissis piliformi- 

 bus parce vestitum ; rostro elongate, lineari, tereti, arcuate, leviter 

 punctulato ; capite prothoraceque alutaceis, rugose punctatis, illo 

 in fronte longitudinaliter strigoso, hoc subconico tenuiter canali- 

 culate ; elytris crenato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque gracilibus, 

 illis ad basin ipsissimam rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin. lg-l|- 



Habitat Canariam, TenerifFam et Palmam, in sylvaticis subsylvati- 

 cisque hinc inde vulgaris. 



A species somewhat resembling the common European A. ononis, 

 but rather larger and more pubescent, with the prothorax a little 

 more closely and coarsely punctured, ^vith the elytra wider at the 

 shoulders, and with the limbs longer. This last character is parti- 

 cularly evident as regards the feet, the basal joint of which is very 

 perceptibly more elongated. It appears to be a common insect 

 throughout the sylvan and subsylvan regions of Grand Canary, Te- 

 neriffe, and Palma, occurring amongst thick vegetation in shady spots. 

 My Grand-Canarian specimens are principally from the district of 

 El Monte ; and the Teneriflfan ones from Las Mercedes, Souzal, and 

 the Agua Garcia. In Teneriife it was taken also by Dr. Crotch. 



500. Apion longipes, n. sp. 



A. plumbeum elytris magis cterulescentibus, squamis cinereis demissis 

 piliformibus dense vestitum ; rostro in fcemineis elongate, lineari, 

 gracili, subnitido, impunctato ; capite prothoraceque alutaceis, illo 

 in fronte grosse longitudinaliter strigoso, hoc rugose punctate et 

 postice canaliculate ; elytris crenato-striatis ; pedibus (prsesertim 

 in sexu masculo) elongatis. 



Mas antennis sajpius fere ad clavam (minus abruptam) rufo-testaceis ; 

 tibiis anticis robustis, subbicurvatis. 



Fcem. antennis ad basin solam rufo-testaceis (clava abruptiore) ; 

 tibiis anticis gracilioribus, rectis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2. 



Ohs. — Species A. voraci valde affinis, sed paulo major pubescentior, 

 pedibus omnino longioribus, tarsorum articuio primo sensim lon- 

 giore. 



Habitat in sylvaticis subsj-lvaticisque Teneriffa3 et Palm», sat vul- 

 garis : in hac, a DD. Gray et W. D. Crotch parce repertum, niihi non 

 obviiim. 



The present large Apion is so closely allied to the common Euro- 

 pean A. vorax, that I feel doubtful whether it should be treated as 

 more than a shghtly altered state (brought about perhaps by local 

 influences) of that insect. It seems to- possess all the distinctive 



