CURCULIONID^. — APION, 193 



the sulci punctured. Male with the rostrum scarcely pilose; the club of the 

 antennse longer and with its articulations more closely united: thorax with 

 an impressed point behind, in Ueu of a channel. 



Found on Lathyrus pratensis, not uncommonly. " Not un- 

 common (near Swansea) ."— i. IV. DiUwijn, Esq. 



Sp. 82. vorax. Atrum, villoso canescens, antennis basi testaceis, tihiis anticis 

 femineis subflexuosis, coleoptris oblongis atro-cwrukis. (Long. corp. 11— Ij 

 Hn.) 

 Ap. vorax. Herbst.— Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1957. 



Black, entirely clothed with whitish decumbent pile : head rather long, with 

 two stria between the eyes: rostrum long, glossy before the antennae, obscure 

 at the base : antennce moderate, subcylindrical, testaceous at the base : eyes 

 slightly immersed, large : thorax delicately punctured, with a short impressed 

 hne behind : coleoptra oblong, deep blue, slightly sulcate, the sulci punctate. 

 Rostrum of the female moderate, and the anterior femora somewhat flexuous. 



Not uncommon throughout the metropolitan district, " Common 

 near Bottisham."— i^et;. L. Jenyns. " Cambridge."— C. C. Babing- 

 ton, Esq. " Southend, April." — Mr. JVaterhouse. 



*** Coleoptra subglobose. 



Sp. 83. punctifrons. Atrum, glabrum, coleoptris subgiobosis cwrideis rostro me- 

 diocri, capite latiusculo inter oculos punctulato. (Long. corp. l| lin.) 



Ap. punctifrons. Kirby.—Linn. Trans, ix. pi. \.f. 9.—Steph. Catal. 189. No. 

 1958. 



Black, very glabrous : head broad, shining and smooth behind, deeply punc- 

 tured between the eyes ; rostrum moderate, punctulate, and a httle thickened : 

 antenna moderate, medial: eyes prominent: thorax distantly and deeply 

 punctate, with a dorsal channel behind : coleoptra subglobose, blue, punctate- 

 sulcate, with the interstices slightly convex. 



Taken within the metropolitan district, not rare. " Wood-DItton 

 in plenty."— i?eu. L. Jenyns. " Southend."— Mr. Waterliouse. 

 " Common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 84. subsulcatum. Atrum, glabrum, coleoptris subgiobosis cceruleis, rostro 

 mediocri capite inter oculos ruguloso. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Cu. subsulcatum. Marsham.—A-p. subsulcatum. Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1959. 



Black, very glabrous, obscure: head rather long, wrinkled between the eyes: 

 rostrum moderate, fihform, dehcately punctured : antennae moderate, medial, 

 slender, the club rather long: eyes somewhat immersed; thorax slender, 

 short, nearly cylindric, deeply punctured; with a very obsolete dorsal channel : 



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