Apion. ] RHYNCHOPHORA. 141 
convex, a little longer than broad, with sides scarcely narrowed in front 
and broadest behind middle, where they are rounded, closely punctured, 
with a small stria before scutellum, which is glabrous ; elytra long, sub- 
parallel, not much broader than thorax, finely striated ; legs robust, red, 
with the base of femora and the tarsi usually black. L. 23-3 mm. 
In the male the rostrum is shorter, and the thorax and general form 
longer and more parallel. 
On Genista tinctoria, G. anglica and Sarothamnus scoparius ; very local and, asa 
rule, not common; Chatham, Whitstable, Weybridge, Chattenden, Plumstead, Birch 
Wood, Charlton, Croydon ; Suffolk ; Colchester ; Redgrave Fen ; Bewdley ; Scotland, 
Forth district, very rare, ‘‘ Juniper Green, near Edinburgh. Mr. R. N. Greville,” 
Murray’s Cat. This latter record may be in error, the Scotch catalogue of the species 
being in a somewhat unsatisfactory condition. Dr. Sharp (Scottish Nat. xxxviii. 
p. 287), says that he has himself given very little attention to the Apions of Scot- 
land, and that a considerable proportion of the species given in his catalogue are 
included only on the authority of Murray’s Catalogue, and some of them are probably 
not really found in Scotland. 
Group 3. 
Upper surface more or less testaceous or reddish brown ; antenne not 
inserted at base of rostrum (on Malva and Urtica). 
A. malvex, F. Oval, rather depressed, clothed with whitish gray 
pubescence which is more evident on the underside, black, with the 
elytra testaceous, except a patch at scutellum, often covering base, and 
more or less of the suture and sometimes of side margins: head rather 
short and broad, eyes prominent, surrounded with white cilia, rostrum 
broad, often testaceous at apex, pubescent, more shining in front, an- 
tenne testaceous; thorax about as long as broad, narrowed in front, 
feebly rounded at sides, finely punctured ; scutellum very small, glabrous ; 
elytra rather flat on disc, considerably broader at base than thorax, 
slightly widened behind middle, with finely punctured strize; legs tes- 
taccous, claws and sometimes the base of the femora infuseate. L 
2-24 mm. 
In the male the rostrum is shorter and duller than in the female. 
On species of Malva; the larva has been found in the seed vessels of M. sylvestris 
and M. rotundifolia; locally common; generally distributed in the London and 
South Eastern districts of England; Essex; Devon, general but not common ; 
Swansea ; Hartlebury, near Worcester; Cambridge ; Hunstanton, Norfolk, abundant ; 
it is, apparently, not common in the Midlands, and I know of no record further 
north than Repton, Burton-on-Trent: the species, according to Bedel, occurs over 
the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean region, but it is not mentioned by 
Thomson as occurring in Scandinavia, and the British distribution points to the fact 
that it does not occur in the northern districts. 
A. urticarium, Herbst. (vernale, F., concinnum, Marsh), One of 
our smallest and prettiest species ; elongate and narrow, of a lighter 
or darker reddish-brown colour, clothed with distinct whitish pubes- 
cence which is thicker at the sides of thorax and on the elytra; on the 
