120 MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. 
356. Sitona cambrica. 
Sitona cambrica (Koby), Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iv. 140 (1831). 
cribricollis, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 101 (1834). 
cambrica, Woll., Ins. Mad. 405 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo, abounding in low arid spots 
near the coast. 


357. Sitona lineata*. 
Curculio lineatus, Linn., Fra Suec. 183 (1761). 
Sitona lineata, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iv. 135 (1831). 
lineatus, Schon., Gen. et Spee. Cure. ii. 109 (1834). 
lineata, Woll., Ins. Mad. 406 (1854). 


Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo, principally at low elevations. 
It occurs also in the Canary Islands. 
358. Sitona humeralis*. 
Sitona humeralis (Kby), Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iv. 138 (1831). 
promptus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 115 (1884). 
Sitones promptus, Redt., Fna Austr. 451 (1849), 
Sitona humeralis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 407 (1854). 

Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo, occurring in similar places as 
the last species, but more rarely. 
Fam. 36. ATTELABIDA. 
Genus 143. APION. 
Ilerbst, af. vil. 100 (1797). 
359. Apion vernale. 
Attelabus vernalis, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 892 (1792). 
Curculio concinnus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. i. 248 (1802). 
Apion vernale, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. i. 273 (1833). 
» Woll., Ins. Mad. 409 (1854). 


Inhabits Madeira proper, principally at rather low elevations. 
360. Apion delicatulum, n. sp. 
A. gracile fusco-piceum squamis albidis, fusco-albidis et subnigres- 
eentibus lete variegatum, rostro longiusculo arcuato tereti, pro- 
thorace rugose granulato sed vix punctato, elytris elongato-ovatis 
crenato-striatis, ad apicem fere integris, fasciaé postmedid magna 
arcuaté communi albidaé ornatis, antennis ferrugincis, pedibus 
diluto-testaceis, femoribus infuscatis. 
Long. corp. lin. t-11. 
A. of the same colour and aspect as the A. vernale, but slenderer and 
rather smaller, Rostrum longer, narrower, and more arcuated 
