MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA, 12H 
than in that insect; of the same breadth throughout (not being 
thickened, as there, at its extreme base); and with the antennz 
inserted considerably further from the eyes; free from the deep 
and remote punctures which are so evident towards the base in 
(both sexes of) that species ; and also much less shining,—appear- 
ing finely granulated beneath the microscope: the forchead, how- 
ever (between the eyes), deeply and distinctly punctured. Pro- 
thorax and elytra as in the A. vernale; except that the former is 
almost entirely free from the punctures which are there so evident, 
is more coarsely granulated, and is perhaps a little less sinuated 
behind ; whilst the /atter are somewhat more ovate, and have only 
an obscure tendency to the peculiar formation at the extreme apex 
which is there soremarkable. Antenne ferruginous. Legs diluted 
testaceous, being less pale than those of the A. vernale, and with 
the femora (especially the four hmder ones) more or less darkly 
infuscated, 

The present Apion might be supposed at first sight to be a small 
and slender variety of the A. vernale. It may, however, be at once 
known from that insect (as well as from the allied species the A. pal- 
lidulum from Sicily, and the rufescens from Portugal,—which appear 
to me to be mere geographical states of the vernale) by, inter aha, its 
much longer, more arcuated, and basally-narrower rostrum, and by 
its antenne being inserted at a greater distance from the eyes. It 
was detected by myself in the Boa Ventura and the Ribeiro de Sao 
Jorge (in the north of Madeira proper) during August 1855. 
361. Apion sagittiferum. 
Apion sagittiferum, WWoll., Ins. Mad. 410 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Dezerta Grande,—occurring 
in grassy and cultivated places, as well as amongst lichen in the 
erevices of the rocks, at rather low and intermediate altitudes. 
362. Apion Malve. 
Curculio Malvee, Lab., Syst. Ent. 1382 (1775). 
Apion Malvyie, Schdn., Gen. et Spee. Cure. i. 272 (1833). 
, Redt., Fna Austr. 462 (1849). 
——) Woll., Ins. Mad. 411 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring on Mallows within the eulti- 
vated districts. 


363. Apion frumentarium. 
Curculio frumentarius, Zinn., Fina Suec. 175 (1761). 
Apion heematodes, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iv. 174 (1831). 
frumentarium, Schon., Gen. et Spee. Cure. 1, 285 (1855). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 412 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo, oceurrmg principally within 
the cultivated districts. 


