Seven new Species of Apion. 3^3 



from « in the slightest degree, I was induced to compare /S with 

 it again. The result of this comparison, was the conviction that 

 they ought to be given as distinct species; for, exclusive of tlie 

 difference of size which is considerable for such minute insects, 

 the body ofA.nngnstafum is more hairy and obscure ; the head be- 

 tween the eyes has no concavity, and is differently sculptured ; the 

 trunk and colcoptra, which last are proportionally shorter, are of 

 a shape rather different, the former inclining a little more to a 

 globose form, and the latter being more oblong ; the minute scu- 

 tellum is distinguished by a longitudinal channel, and the fur- 

 rows of the elytra are wider in proportion. 



68. APION SCUTELLARE. 



A. atrum subangustum piloso-subincanum, coleoptris obovatis 

 sulcatis, scutello elono-ato. 



Long. Corp. H lin. 

 Habitat in AngliA semel lectum. Mus. nostr. 



DESCR. CORPUS admod^m angustum, atrum, ex pilositate 

 parvA subincanum et obscurum. 



Caput thorace paulo brevius, inter oculos striatulum. 

 Rostrum longius, filiforme, arcuatum, ante antennas sub- 

 attenuatum apice ipso iterum paululum dilatato. An- 

 teniKe breviores, pone medium rostro insidentes, nitidi- 

 usculae. Oculi immersi. 



TiiUNcus teretiusculus, antic^ paulo angustior, conflu- 

 enter punctatus, ante scutellum fossuia exaratus. Scu- 

 tellum quam obtinet plerumque in hoc genere longius. 

 Colcoptra ex oblongo obovata, sulcata : sulcis intersti- 

 tiorum fer^ latitudine, punctatis. 



I had 



