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A. striatum (Marsh) — Not uncommon on broom, and sometimes 

 on whins, found throughout Europe ; it has a specially pear- 

 shaped form. 



A. immune (Kirby) — A very similar but smaller insect, much 

 less common ; on broom also, and generally distributed. 



A. simile (Kirby) — The rarest of the Apions I have taken here ; 

 it seems by no means common anywhere in Europe, and its 

 food plant is not certain, though it seems to occur generally 

 on birch. 



A. vicice (Payk) — Another species confined to Vicia cracca, and 

 common here ; thougli it is a local species its distribution is 

 wide in Europe. 



A. apricans (Herbst) — -fagi (Kirby) — Here we come on one of 

 those in the black list of destructive insects. This little 

 partially red-legged species is the clover foe among beetles, 

 and is only too abundant throughout this country and 

 Europe, with North Africa and North Asia. 



A. assimile (Kirby) — Closely allied to the last, and equally hurtful, 

 and widely spread. 



A. nigritarse (Kirby) — Another red-legged and clover feeding 

 species, but much less common here, though its general 

 record is common ; it is a more southern insect. 



A.flavipes (F.) — Dichroum (Bedel) — This, like the last, is wholly 

 red-legged ; it seems most partial to white clover, whereas A 

 apricans is generally on i-ed clover ; all the four are alike in 

 appearance and voracity. 



A.punctigerum (Payk)— This is found on Vicia cracca and sejniim; 

 it seems rare here, and not common anywhere, though found 

 throughout Europe and North Africa. 



A. virens (Herbst) — A common clover-feeding species, widely 

 distributed, and rather injurious. 



A. Gyllenhalii (Kirby) — Rare here, and generally local, though 

 .sometimes abundant where it occurs ; it is found in most 

 parts of Europe, has been taken in profusion in the south of 

 Ireland, and is an inhabitant of Vicia cracca. 



A. ervi (Kirby) — Common throughout the summer on Lathyrus 

 pratensis and species of Vetch, sometimes too much so ; 

 generally spread in Europe. 



