Apion.~\ RHTXCHOPHORA. 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 scutelhim, 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. 2^-3 mm. 



In the male the rostrum is shorter, and the thorax and general form 

 longer and more parallel. 



On Genista tinctoria, G. atiglica and Sarothamnuf scoparius ; very local and, as a 

 rule, not common ; Chatham, Whitstable, Weybridge, Chattenden, Plnmstead, Birch 

 Wood, Charlton, Croydjn ; Suffolk ; Colchester ; Redgrave Fen ; Bewdley ; Scotland, 

 Forth district, very rare, "Juniper Green, near Edinburgh. Mr. R. X. 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 Apious 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; antennae not 

 'id at base of rostrum (on Maha and Urtica). 



A. malvae. 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- 

 tennae 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 striae ; legs tes- 

 taceous, claws and sometimes the base of the femora infuscate. L 

 :um. 



In the male the rostrum is shorter and duller than in the female. 



Oa species of J/a?va ; 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; Hunstauton, Norfolk, abundant; 

 it is, apparently, not common in the Midlands, and I know of no record further 

 north than Repton, Bnrton-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. (rernaJe, F., continuum, Marsh). One of 

 our smallest and prettiest species ; elongate and narrow, of a lighter 

 or darker reddish-brown colour, clothed with distinct whitish pubes- 

 ceuce which is thicker at the sides of thorax and on the elytra ; on the 



