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osculate with it ; and, to permit this, the trochanter is set on very 

 obHquely, and so that this angle goes beyond it: whereas in 

 Apion the apex of the trochanter forms nearly a transverse or very 

 slightly oblique line with the base of the thigh, and intercepts 

 it in its whole width. This peculiarity strongly substantiates its 

 claim to be considered as a distinct genus. 



When I constructed the Character Naturalis of Apion, I was 

 not aware that the term Epigastrium had been employed by 

 Linne upon one occasion, and probably in the very sense in 

 which I used it. See Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 647- 4. under Cantharis 

 rufa. 



I shall now add a few remarks upon some of the species for- 

 merly described. 



Apion MalvcB (Linn. Trans, ix. 20. 3.) Obs. 1. Coxce oranes nigrae, 

 sad irochanteres testacei sunt, quod etiam obtinet in A. ver- 

 nali (^1. 4.) 

 Obs. 2. Maris rostrum paul6 brevius et crassius est, et fer^ 

 totum albido pilosum. 



Apion CracccE (29. 12.) Var. /3 Antennis totis nigris. Dom. Spence. 

 Apion Vicicc (31. 14.) Coxa nigrae. Femora antica trochanteribus 



rufis. Dom. Spence. 

 Apion Malvarum (33. 16.) Coxce nigree. Femora omnia trochan- 

 teribus rufis, sed posticis obscur^. 

 Apion rufirostre (35. 1?.) Coxce omues cum femorum trochan- 

 teribus flavae. Dom. Spence. 

 Mr. Leach informs me that he has occasionally taken this 

 species in coitu with A. Malvarum. 



Apioti nigritarsc (36. 18.) Femina. Coxce 4 anteriores cum trochan- 

 teribus omnibus flavae. Mas. Coxa 2 anteriores cum tro- 

 chanteribus omnibus rufae. 



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