CURCULIONID^. — APION. 1^9 



Not common : found occasionally within the metropolitan district, 

 and in Suffolk. 



t Sp. 37. Griesbachii. Atrum, piloso-suUncanusJemoribus omnibus tibiis an- 

 ticis antennisque testaceis, capite latojronte tristriato. (Long. corp. lilm.) 



Ap. Griesbachii. JFaterhouse MSS. 



Black, slightly pilose: head Z>-oad, forehead with three impressed .ifr/o. : rostrum 

 moderate, shining, ^/(form •■ antenna testaceous, long, the basal jomts m- 

 crassated : eyes slightly prominent: thorax subcylindric, rather coarsely punc- 

 tured with a short deep line behind: coleoptra subovate, ^m^ctKie-sulcate, 

 the inierstiees obscurely punetured : femora and anterior tibioe testaceous: 

 intermediate and posterior tibiw and tarsi biack, the former with a pale ring 

 at the base. 

 Taken " in Hants, by Mr. Griesbach."— ifr. Waterliouse. 



Sp. 38. confluens. Atrum, angustum, piloso-subineanum, coleoptris oblongo- 



ovatis,fronte hisulco. (Long. corp. l| lin.) 

 Ap. confluens. Kirby.-Linn. Trans, ix. pi. 1. /. 15. Steph. Catal. 186. Ao. 



1913. 

 Black, slender, with a fine hoary pile: head rather smooth, with two deep ^V- 

 ^roximating sulci between the eyes, forming a romanN : rostrum moderate, 

 shining: antennae rather long : eyes prominent : thorax scarcely broader than 

 the head, delicately punctured, with a faint impressed line behind : coleoptra 

 oblong-ovate, a little shining, very finely punctate-striate. 

 Found in Suffolk and near London, but rare. 



Sp. 39. pusillum. Nigrum, griseo puhescens, thorace lateribus rotundato, antice 

 attenuato, coleoptris obovalibus, punctato-sulcatis. (Long. corp. 1 hn.) 



Ap. pusillum. Germar.— Steph. Catal. 1S6. No. 1914. 



Black, with dull griseous pubescence: head small: rostrum long, filiform, ob- 

 scure: antenna, rather long, basal: club stout: eyes slightly promment: 

 thorax broad at the base, the apex attenuated, and the sides rounded: elytra 

 obovate, punctate-sulcate. 

 Occasionally taken near London, but not common. 



Sp. 40. pubescens. Atrum piloso incanum, thorace brevi postice lineold im- 

 presso, rostro mediocri. (Long. corp. 1 Im.) 



Ap. pubescens. Kirby. -Steph. Catal. 186. No. 1915. 



Black, rather shining, clothed with whitish pile : head a little shorter than the 

 thorax, rather smooth between the eyes: rostrum moderate, morm, shghtly 

 curved: antenna, moderate, basal: eyes large, prominent: thorax short, 

 rounded, rather broad behind, punctulate, ivith an impressed hne before the 

 scuteUum; coleoptra ovate, striated, the stria, slightly punctured, with the 



