CURCULIONID^. — APION. 177 



attenuated in front, faintly punctured, with a larger impression behind : cole- 

 optra acute, deep black, striate, the striae obscurely punctate, the interstices a 

 little convex. 



Found in hedges near London. 



Sp. 32. laevigatum. Atrum, Iwviuscuhim, coleoptris ovatis violaceis obsolete 



striatis, (Long. corp. ]\ lin.) 

 Ap. laevigatum. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 186. No. 1907. 



Lanceolate, very glabrous, smooth, black : head with four or live strice between 

 the eyes : rostrum rather long : antennae rather long, shining, vs^ith the club 

 rather small: thorax cylindric, with the back smooth, the sides punctate: 

 coleoptra obovate, fine violet, slightly striated, the striae delicately punctured: 

 legs with a slight whitish pile. 



Apparently very rare : I possess a pair found within the metro- 

 politan district : — it has been taken also in Suffolk. 



Sp. 33. aeneum. Atrum, glabrum, coleoptris ovatis acutis ceneis viridescente- 



ccEruleisve,fronte canaliculatd. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Cu. aeneus. Fabricius. — Ap. aeneum. Steph. Catal. 186. No. 1908. 



Black, very glabrous and rather shining : head very smooth behind, punctulated 

 between the eyes, luith a deep intermediate/wrroiii : rostrum rather short, a 

 little thickened, and very much punctulated, tumid on both sides near the 

 insertion of the antennae ; the latter rather long, placed behind the middle 

 of the rostrum: eyes rather prominent: thorax finely and thickly punctulate, 

 somewhat margined in front, with an impressed line behind : coleoptera o\a.te, 

 acute, shining brassy, striated, the striae impunctate, with the interstices rather 

 convex. 



Var. (3. Steph. Catal. I. c. — With the rostrum shorter, the thorax with an im- 

 pressed fovea behind, the elytra greenish-blue. 



One of the largest and most abundant species of the genus, 

 within the metropolitan district. " Botchardby." — T. C. Hey sham, 

 Esq. " Near Ely, on mallows." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Cambridge." 

 — C. C. BaUngton, Esq. " On Sketty-burrows, at times plentiful."" 

 — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 34. Carduorum. Atrum, coleoptris ovatis obscuris viridescentibus cceruleisve, 



rostro basi utrinque gibbo. (Long. corp. l| lin.) 

 Ap. Carduorum. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 186. No. 1909. 



Black, with a very obscure pile : head rugulose striate between the eyes, with 

 a smooth fovea anteriorly : rostrum rather long, punctulate, with the apex 

 shining, the base broad, with an acute tubercle on each side, on which the 



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