CURCULIONID^. — APION. 171 



Ap. velox. Kirby.^Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1889. 



5/acA:, slightly obscured, with a whitish pile : head with confluent wrinkles between 

 the eyes: rostrum short, thick, smooth: antennae rather long, placed behind 

 the middle of the rostrum, with a whitish pubescent club : eyes rather large, 

 somewhat prominent; thorax rounded, rather widened in the middle, con- 

 fluently punctured, with an obsolete dorsal line behind : coleoptra of a gla- 

 brous, obovate form, ^unctate-sulcate, the sulci broader than the interstices. 



Frequent in some places near London, especially at Coombe- 

 wood, on willows. " Dorking, Jaly."— Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 15- simile. Atrum, coleoptris ohovatis wneo-nigris, subsericeo nitidis, rostro 



femineo longiore. (Long. corp. 1—1;^ lin.) 

 Ap. simile. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1890. 



Black, with a slight obscure pile: rostrum rather long, filiform, slightly curved, 

 with the apex shining, a little thickened in the middle: antennae moderate, 

 placed behind the middle of the rostrum : eyes large, somewhat incurved : 

 thorax slightly cylindric, with confluent punctures, and a dorsal line behind: 

 coleoptra obovate, black, brassy, faintly adorned with a satiny gloss, striate, 

 the striae somewhat punctate, with the interstices flat. 

 Male with the rostrum shorter and stouter than in the female. 



Not common : I have taken specimens at Ripley and at Hert- 

 ford. " Taken near Hunstanton in Norfolk."— Xir&T/, Z. c. " Dork- 

 ing, July." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 16. tenue. Aterimum angustum subglabrumnitidiusculum, coleoptris oblongis, 



rostro mediocri. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ap. tenue. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1891. 



Very slender, deep black, rather glossy, with a very delicate black pile : head 

 rather shorter than the thorax, punctate, the punctures confluent: rostrum 

 moderate, shining : antenna rather long, placed a little behind the middle of 

 the rostrum: eyes moder ate, ^rommeni : thorax cylindric, scarcely broader than 

 the head, punctulate, with a larger puncture behind, in front of the scutellum: 

 coleoptra oblong, striate, the striae subpunctate, the interstices somewhat flat. 



Rather local ; I found several specimens in a chalk pit at Little 

 Blakenham in Suffolk, in Sept. 1821, and a quantity under moss in 

 January, 1824, at Ripley. " Cramond.^'— i?et;. W. Little. " South- 

 end."— Mr. Waterhouse. " Found plentiful (near Swansea), on 

 Medicago sativa, by Mr. Jeffreys."— L. W. DiUzmjn, Esq. 



Sp. 17. Seniculus. Atrum, angustum, piloso-canescens, coleoptris ovato-oblongis, 



rostro longiori. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. Seniculus. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1892. 



