853 Mr. KiRBv's Descriptions of 



A. simile is nearly related to and should follow the preceding 

 species, but it is less hairy; the rostrum is longer, its coleoptra 

 are more obovate,have an iEneous tint, and reflect, although faintly, 

 a sericeous lustre. It is also not unlike A. senicuhis, (Linn. Trans. 

 ix. 6\. 43.) but it is less hairy, and proportionally wider. 



67. APION ANGUSTATUM. 



A. atrum subangustum piloso-subincanum, coleoptris oblongis 



sulcatis, scutello canaliculato. 

 Apion angustatum. Miis. Dom. Gylknhal. 

 Apion Meliloti var. /3. Kirhy in Linn. Trans, ix. 64. 46. 



Long. Corp. 1^ lin. 

 Habitat in Sueci^. Mus. Doni. Gyllenhal. nostr. 

 DESCR. CORPUS atrum, angustum satis, ex pilositate obscu- 

 rum et leviter incanum. 



Caput longum admodum, punctatum, inter oculos rugu- 



losum. Rostrum longius, subfiliforme, arcuatum, levis- 



sinife punctulatum, ante antennas nitidum. Antenna me- 



diocres,pone medium rostroinsidentes. Oc«//prominu]i. 



TiiuNCUS ex globoso teretiusculus, confluenter puncta- 



tus, ante scutellum lineol^ satis impressa exaratus. Scu- 



tellum, quod singulare, canaliculatuni. Coleoptra ob- 



longa, sulcata : sulcis interstitiorum fere latitudine, im- 



pressb punctatis. 



In my description of ^. Melihti, I intimated a suspicion that 



var. /3 might prove a distinct species ; but as I had then seen 



only two specimens of the former insect, I did not venture to 



separate them. Having since taken several, none of which varied 



from 



