CURCULIONID.f:. — AI'ION. 183 



stout: thorax subcylindric, moderaiehj punctate, with an obsolete dorsal 

 channel: coleoptra blue-black, globose obovate, punctate-stiiate, with the 

 interstices a Uttle convex. Female with the rostrum longer. 



Taken on the Vicia Sepium in the spring, near London and in 

 other places, not very uncommonly. " Near Bottisham." — Rev. 

 L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 51. Spencii. Atrum, piloso-obscurum, thorace canaliculato utrinque foveato, 

 coleoptris oblongis ati'o-coeruleis viridescentibusve,fronte striata. (Long. corp. 

 l^lin.) 



Ap. Spencii. Kirby. — Linn. Trans, i::^. pi. l.f. 13. 



Black, with an obscure whitish pile : head with three shallow channels between 

 the eyes : rostrum rather short, incrassate, and more pilose than the rest of 

 the body: antennae long, placed behind the middle of the rostrum: eyes 

 large, oval, prominent : thorax short, narrowed anteriorly, somewhat globose, 

 punctate, the punctures somewhat confluent, ivith a dorsal channel, terminating 

 in an obscure fovea behind : coleoptra oblong-ovate, dee})-bluisk, striate, the 

 stria; punctured, with the interstices flat. 



Not uncommon : found in the north : I have taken a sinafle 

 example near Ripley. " Hants." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 52. subca?ruleum. Atrum, glabrum, nitidulum, fronte rugulosd, thorace 

 cylindrico, punctato, coleoptris obovalibus, caruleo atris, punctato-sulcatis,inter- 

 stitiis planiusculus. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. subcseruleum. Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1927. — Ap. ^thiops. Germar. Mag. 

 ii. 213. note. 



Black, glabrous, shining : head punctured, rugose between the eyes, which are 

 slightly prominent : rostrum rather long, slender, punctured, glossy at the 

 apex: antennae long, with the two basal joints rather stout: thorax cylindric, 

 punctate, the punctures distinct: coleoptra oboval, deep blue, punctate-sulcate, 

 with the interstices rather flat. 



I possess a single specimen of this distinct species, which I found 

 beneath moss on Jan. 1, 1820, near Ripley. 



Sp. 53. unicolor. Atrum subpilosum, coleoptris oblongis, rostra mediocri sub- 



crassiori, puncto gemino elevato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. unicolor. Kirby. Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1928. 



Black, slightly pilose : head short, punctulate, with two approximating striae 

 between the eyes : rostrum moderate, rather thick, finely punctulate, more 

 pilose than the rest of the body, with the apex glossy, the middle a little 

 thickened, and swollen beneath, with a geminated elevation between the an~ 

 tennw : eyes shgVitly incurved : thorax as broad as the head in front, trans- 



