CURCULIONID^. — APION. 169 



on the coasts of Suffolk and Norfolk, especially in tlie northern 

 part of the latter about Clay, and in the neighbourhood of Burnham 

 Market ; from the last locality I have received a beautiful and ex- 

 tensive series from the Rev. T. Skrimshire. 



Sp. 8. Rumicis. Atrum, subglabrum, nitidiusculum, coleoptris obovatis obtusis 

 violaceis nigrisve, rostro mediocri. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. Rumicis. Kirby—Ste-ph. Catal. 184. No. 1883. 



Black, subglobose, shining : head short, punctured : rostrum short, rather stout, 

 also punctured: antennce rather long, with the club thickened: thorax 

 distinctly punctured, with a short impressed line behind : coleoptra obovate, 

 dark violet, obtuse, punctate-striate, the interstices rather flat. 



Sometimes found entirely of an obscure bluish-black, with the rostrum thicker 

 and shorter. 



Not uncommon : taken on the Rumex obtusifolia in June, in 

 the neighbourhood of London, and in Suffolk. " Dorking."— ilfr. 

 Waterhouse. 



Sp. 9. affine. Atrum, glabrum, nitidiusculum, coleoptris obovatis obtusis viridi' 

 scentibus, rostro breviori crassiusculo. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. affine. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 184. No. 1884. 



Black, glabrous, slightly shining: head rather large, punctulated: rostrum 

 short and thick, subfiliforra : antennae moderate, with the club a little thick- 

 ened : thorax somewhat rounded, globose, with large punctures, and before 

 the scutellum an impressed line : coleoptra globose-ovate, greenish, with the 

 apex obtuse ; punctate-striate, with the interstices flat:— the other sex has the 

 rostrum more slender. 

 Not common within the metropolitan district. " Near Bottis- 



ham."— A'ew. L. Jenyns. " Southend."— J/r. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 10. Curtisii. Atrum glabrum, nitidiusculum, coleoptris obovatis atro cceruleis 

 aut viridibus, thorace punctata. (Long. corp. l^ lin.) 



Ap. Curtisii? Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 184. No. 1885. 



Black, glabrous, shghtly shining: head hroad, faintly punctured between the 

 eyes: rostrum moderate, rather short, punctured: antennae moderate: eyes 

 rather prominent: thorax slightly elongate, subcylindric, finely punctured 

 throughout, but without a dorsal fovea or line : coleoptra obovate, a httle 

 obtuse, deep blue or greenish, punctate-striate, the interstices slightly convex. 



1 possess a pair of this species captured near London ;— it has 

 been found in Norfolk :— probably A. brevirostre, Herbst. 



