Seven new Species of J pion. 351 



Tkuncus brevis, tcretiusculus, postict latior, punctulatus, 

 antescutelluni lineolaexaratus. Co/eo^^7-aovata, striata: 

 striis subpunctatis; interstitiis planiusculis. 



Obs. Maris rostrum brevius, crassius, leviter arcuatum. 



This species should follow A. atomarium, {Linn. Trans, ix. 59. 

 40.) which it very much resembles : the head however is longer, 

 the rostrum in both sexes shorter, the trunk is more conspicuously' 

 punctulate with a very visible dorsal channel, the interstices also 

 of the furrows of the elytra are wider and flatter, and the furrows 

 themselves less conspicuously punctate. 



66. APION SIMILE. 



j^. atrum, coleoptris obovatis aeneo-nigris subsericeo-nitidis, 

 Tostvo femineo longiori. 



Long. Corp. 1 — 15 lin. 



Habitat in Anglic. Apud Hunstanton in Norfolcia in maritimis a 

 nobis semel lectum. Mus, Dom. Marsham, W. J, Hooker, nostr. 



DESCR. CORPUS atrum ex pube quddam parv^ obscurum. 



Caput. Rostrum longius, filiforme, leviter arcuatum, apice 

 nitidum, in medio subincrassatum. Antennce mediocres, 

 pone medium rostro insidentes, Ociili raagni, sub- 

 immersi. 

 Trunchs subcylindricus, confluentcr punctatus, lineolA 

 ante scutellum exaratus. Coleoptra obovata, nigra, jeneo, 

 sed levissimt', tincta, subsericeo-nitida, striata : striis 

 subpunctatis; interetitiis planiusculis. 



Obs. Maris rostrum brevius et quum femincc crassius. Elytrorum 

 7iitoi- sericeus ex ruguhsitate quadam, sed levissimit, exoritur. 



2 z 2 A. simile 



