164 RHYNCHOPHORA. [Apion. 



recorded from the north of England or from Scotland; Ireland, Phoenix Park, near 

 Dublin. 



The larva of this species has been observed in galls on the young shoots of 

 U. nanus ; it is 6 mm. in length when full grown, of a yellowish colour with the 

 head reddish-brown ; the galls resemble threaded beads and do not injure the vegeta- 

 tion (v. Wencker, Apionides, L'Abeille, p. 117). 



A. livescerum, Gyll. (reflexum, Gyll., hedysari, Walt.). Black, 

 with a more or less bronze reflexion on thorax, and Avith the elytra blue 

 or greenish-blue, sometimes black-blue ; pubescence very fine, scarcely 

 evident; head rather broad, punctured and very finely, often obsolete^, 

 striated between eyes which are a little prominent ; rostrum cylindrical, 

 slightly curved, rather strongly and very closely punctured, about as 

 long as head and thorax ; antennae rather long, inserted at about the 

 middle of rostrum ; thorax about as long as broad, scarcely narrowed in 

 front, strongly punctured, the punctuation being sometimes closer and 

 sometimes more diffuse, with a small stria or fovea before scutellum ; 

 scutellum oval, furrowed; elytra rather short, convex, dilated behind 

 middle, with deep and rather broad punctured striae, interstices some- 

 what convex, finely and plainly shagreened ; legs black, moderately 

 long. L. 2f-2f mm. 



Male with the rostrum shorter and thicker and more closely punctured 

 behind than in female, and the anterior margin of thorax more raised. 



On Onobrychis saliva ; in chalky districts ; local ; Darenth, Purley Downs, Chatham, 

 Caterham, Miokleham, Dartford, Whitstable, Southend ; Swanscombe ; Hircliingtnu ; 

 Brighton; Littlington, Cambridge; Knowle, near Birmingham; Bidstou Hill, 

 Liverpool, on heather, July (Ellis). 



A. Waltoni, Steph. (Curtisi, Boh., nee Walt.). Allied to A. 

 livescerum, but smaller, more evidently pubescent, and with the punctua- 

 tion of the thorax much finer ; head and thorax bluish or slate-coloured, 

 more or less metallic, elytra bluish or slaty-blue ; vertex closely punc- 

 tured, finely striated between eyes which are slightly convex ; rostrum 

 a little longer than head and thorax, punctured ; antennae inserted about 

 middle, rather long and slender ; thorax about as long as broad, with 

 the sides subparallel and scarcely rounded, closely punctured, furrow 

 before scufeellum fine or obsolete ; scutollum small ; elytra convex, 

 rather short and broad, dilated behind middle, with the shoulders 

 rounded, and the punctured striae not deep, interstices flat, broader than 

 the striae, very finely shagreened ; legs black, not elongate. L. 2 mm. 



Chalky places ; on Thymus serpyllum and other low plants ; often found in moss 

 in winter ; very local, but not uncommon in the London district; Reigate, Caterhan), 

 Mickleham (abundant, Power), Sevenoaks. Dartford, Chatham, Purley, Riddlesdown, 

 near Croydon, Faversham ; Brighton; Whitsand Bay, near Plymouth (Walker); 

 Heyshain (Power). 



A. loti, K : rby (anyuslatum, Kirby, mod^stum, Germ., glabratum, 

 Germ.). Black, clothed with evident, but not very close, ashy pubes- 

 cence ; head narrower than the anterior margin of the thorax, closely 



