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  XI. 
  The 
  RhyncJiophoroiis 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  Japan. 
  Part 
  II. 
  

   Apionidae 
  and 
  Anthribidae. 
  By 
  David 
  Sharp, 
  M.B., 
  

   F.R.S., 
  F.L.S., 
  &c. 
  

  

  [Read 
  February 
  4tli, 
  1891.] 
  

  

  This 
  part 
  is, 
  like 
  Part 
  I.,* 
  drawn 
  entirely 
  from 
  the 
  

   materials 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  Archipelago 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  

   Lewis. 
  

  

  APIONID^. 
  

   Japan 
  at 
  present 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  poor 
  in 
  this 
  

   division 
  of 
  the 
  Rhynchophora, 
  but 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  part 
  

   due 
  to 
  insufficient 
  collecting 
  ; 
  the 
  comparatively 
  short 
  

   time 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  could 
  not 
  allow 
  of 
  

   his 
  doing 
  full 
  justice 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  obscure 
  

   beetles. 
  He 
  brought 
  back 
  only 
  some 
  fifteen 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Apion, 
  a 
  number 
  which 
  contrasts 
  strongly 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  fauna, 
  there 
  being 
  fully 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  species 
  already 
  detected 
  in 
  Europe 
  proper. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  likewise 
  

   is 
  very 
  small, 
  whereas, 
  in 
  Europe, 
  Apions 
  are 
  amongst 
  

   the 
  most 
  abundant 
  of 
  beetles. 
  

  

  Apion 
  abruptum, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Afl&nis 
  A. 
  opetici, 
  Bacli, 
  Plumbeo-nigrum, 
  opacum, 
  pares 
  

   setosum, 
  antennis 
  articulis 
  duobus 
  basalibus 
  rufis 
  ; 
  rostro 
  subtus 
  

   in 
  medio 
  compresso-dilatato 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  conico, 
  dense 
  fortiter 
  

   punctato, 
  medio 
  canaliciilato. 
  Long, 
  absque 
  rostro 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Eostrum 
  longitudinally 
  convex 
  above 
  and 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   underneath 
  dilated 
  and 
  laterally 
  compressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  An- 
  

   tennae 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  two 
  joints 
  red, 
  the 
  rest 
  black, 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  

   more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second. 
  Thorax 
  slender, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   convergent 
  in 
  front, 
  but 
  nearly 
  rectilinear, 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  very 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  Part 
  I. 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1889), 
  p. 
  42, 
  line 
  6 
  from 
  

   top, 
  instead 
  of 
  " 
  is 
  absent 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  clear," 
  read 
  " 
  is 
  apparently 
  

   absent 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  clear." 
  As 
  it 
  stands 
  at 
  present 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   sentence 
  may 
  be 
  construed 
  as 
  contradictory 
  of 
  what 
  follows. 
  — 
  D. 
  S. 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  — 
  PART 
  II. 
  (jUNE.) 
  X 
  2 
  

  

  