CURCULlONIDiE. — APION. 167 



Sp. 2. ruficorne. Atrum villoso-incanu7n, rostro crassiusculo, apice subulato, an- 



tennis toils testaceis, coleoptris subglobosis. (Long. corp. \^ — 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. ruficorne. Herbst.—Steph. Catal. 184. No. 1878. 



Black, obscure^ ivith hoary pile : head rather densely pilose, with an intermediate 

 . glabrous line : rostrum rather short, clothed with cinereous pile, with the base 

 thickened, the apex subulatcd: antennae rather slender, entirely testaceous: 

 thorax very minutely punctured, with an obsolete dorsal line, abbreviated in 

 front : coleoptra subglobose, sulcate-striate : the striae punctate, with the inter- 

 stices rather flat. 



Found with the preceding, of which it is most probably the 

 opposite sex. 



Sp. 3. Pomonae. Atrum villoso-subincanum, rostro crassiusculo, apice subulato, 

 coleoptris obovatis, atro-cceruleis. (Long. corp. l| — 2g lin.) 



Cu. Pomonae. Fabricius. — Ap. Pomonae. Steph. Catal. 184. No. 1879. — Ap. 

 caerulescens. Linn. Trans, ix. pi. 1.^ 4. 



Black, with a slightly hoary pile : head punctate, rugulose between the eyes : 

 rostrum punctured, thick, with the apex subulated, deflexed, the middle 

 dilated beneath : antennce basal : thorax behind with a short impressed line 

 before the scutellum : coleoptra obovate, bluish, sulcate-striate, the sulci 

 punctate, the interstices flat. 



Male with the sulci between the eyes, and the first joint of the antennae rufous 

 at the base. 



Abundant on fir trees in the neighbourhood of Hertford : Mr. 

 Kirby says that it inhabits the white-thorn. " Southend." — Mr. 

 Waterhouse. " Common every where in Cambridgeshire." — Kev. 

 L. Jenyns. 



b. With the rostrum elongate. 



Sp. 4. subtilatum. Atrum, subpilosum,, rostro apice attenuato, coleoptris sub' 



globosis. (Long. corp. l| lin.) 

 Ap. subulatum. Kirby. — Linn. Trans, ix. pi. l.f. 5. Steph. Catal. 184. No. 



1880. 



Black, opaque, with a delicate hoary pile : head punctured, striated between the 



: eyes : rostrum moderate, the base incrassate and obscure, the apex subulated, 



glossy: antennae placed behind the middle, with the basal joint obscurely 



rufous, the club rather large : thorax punctured, with an abbreviated line in 



front: coleoptra ovate-subglobose, punctate-striate, with the interstices flat. 



Not common : found in July on the Lathyrus pratensis in the 

 vicinity of the metropolis, as well as in Suffolk. 



