CURCULIONIDiE. — APION, 19l 



Sp. 75. filirostre. Atrum, glabrum, coleoptris suhglobosis, rostro pedibusgue 

 elongatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. filirostre. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1950. 



Black, very glabrous, and scarcely glossy : head striated between the eyes : 

 rostrum long, ■aeax\y filiform, shining, very delicately punctured, slightly at- 

 tenuated before the antennse, which are short, and inserted behind the middle: 

 eyes slightly immersed : thorax somewhat cylindric, delicately punctured, with 

 an obsolete impressed line before the scutellum : coleoptra globose-ovate, 

 striated, the stria somewhat punctate, with the interstices flat: legs elongate. 



The other sex has the rostrum shorter and the antennae medial. 



Of this rare species I have a single specimen only, which I cap- 

 tured at Little Blakenham, in Suffolk, in Sept. 1821. 



f Sp. 76. glabratum. Nigrum, glabrum, nitidulum, capite punctata- rugoso, 

 thorace oblongo, cylindrico, punctato, postice canaliculato, coleoptris oblongo- 

 obovalibus, punctato-sulcatis. (Long. corp. Ig lin?) 



Ap. glabratum. Germar.—Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1951. 



Black, glabrous, rdXYvexshinm^: head punctate-rugose : rostrum long, thickened 

 behind the antenna; and finely punctured : thorax oblong- cylindric, punctate, 

 with a short dorsal line behind : coleoptra oblong-oboval, punctate-sulcate : 

 legs black. 

 Found near Exeter, but apparently rare. 



Sp. 77. ebeninum. Aterrimum, nitidum, thorace lateribus subgibbosis, postice 

 profundi canaliculato, coleoptris ovatis, punctato-sulcatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.} 



Ap. ebeninum. Kirby. — Linn. Trans, ix. pi. \. f. 11. — Steph. Catal. 188. No. 

 1952. 



Deep-black, shining, very glabrous : head very delicately striated between the 

 eyes, the striae composed of punctures, with a transverse elevation behind : 

 rostrum moderate, with the apex and middle slightly dilated, a little curved, 

 and very minutely, but obscurely, punctulated throughout : antennae rather 

 short, medial : eyes somewhat immersed : thorax narrow, a little narrowed in 

 front and behind, the lateral margins ajiteriorlj gibbous, distinctly punctured, 

 with a rather deep channel before the scutellum : coleoptra ovate, punctate- 

 sulcate, the interstices very convex and scarcely broader than the sulci. The 

 male has the rostrum shorter and more robust. 



Not very abundant : I have taken the insect at Coombe-wood, 

 and near Hertford. " Southend and Slieppy." — Mr. Waterlioitse. 



t 78. Kirbii. Nigrum, griseo pubescens,fronte rugosd, thorace cylindrico, pro- 

 funde punctato, coleoptris oblongo-obovalibus, punctato-sulcatis, interstitiis 

 planis. (Long. corp. IJlin.) 



Ap. Kirbii. Leach MSS.— Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1953. 



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