CURCULIONID^. — APION. 189 



the base paler^ the four posterior pitchy black, with a pale-testaceous ring at 

 the base : tarsi black. 



Evidently a scarce species : I have never taken it, but am in- 

 debted to Mr. Waterhouse for my specimens. " St. Leonard's, 

 near Windsor." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 69. sestivum. Antennis unicoloribus mediis, nigrum,, nitidum, femoribus 

 tibiisque anticis rujis, thorace cylindrico punctata, coleoptris ovalibus, punctata 

 sulcatis. (Long. corp. 1 — Ig lin.) 



Ap. aestivum. Germar. — Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1944. 



Black, shining, glabrous : head obscurely punctured between the eyes : rostrum 

 long, punctate: antennce long, medial, black; the basal joint sometimes a 

 little reddish beneath: thorax cylindric, punctate, with a fovea behind: 

 coleoptra ovate, punctate-sulcate : legs black, with the anterior coxw and 

 tibiw, all the femora and the tibice within, pale ye^ow -testaceous : joints 

 black, &c. 



Not uncommon in several places within the metropolitan district. 

 *' Dorkingf." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 70. ruficrus. Nigrum, antennis unicolaribus,femoribus anticis medio rufis, 

 thorace obiongo, cylindrico punctata, coleoptris oblango-ovalibus, punctata 

 sulcatis. (Long. Corp. 1 — l;j Un.) 

 Ap. ruficrus. Germar. — Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1945. 



Black, slightly shining: head finely punctured: rostrum moderate, filiform, 

 thickened behind the antennae, which are long, medial, and black: eyes 

 moderately prominent : thorax oblong, cylindric, punctate, with a faint central 

 channel : coleoptra oblong-ovate, punctate sulcate : legs black, the anterior 

 femora rufous, and the other femora slightly tinted with the same. 



Less abundant than the foregoing species within the metropolitan 

 district. 



Sp. 71. Leachii. Atrum, nitidum, antennarum basifemaribusgue omnibus fulvis, 



tibiis anticis interne testaceis. (Long. corp. l| — Ij Un.) 

 Ap. Leachii. Steph. Catal. p. 189. No. 1946. 



Black, shining: head broad, striated between the eyes: rostrum long, curved, 

 smooth : antennce rather long, reddish at the base, the club black : eyes pro- 

 minent : thorax subcylindric, coarsely punctate, with a deeper puncture be- 

 hind : coleoptra oblong-oval, sulcate, the sulci punctured : legs stout : femora 

 entirely fulvous : anterior tibice pale ru.(o-testaceous within. 



Somewhat allied to, but apparently rather smaller than Ap. Ononides, Gyllenhal. 



Taken within the metropolitan district. " Windsor." — Mr. 

 Waterhouse. 



