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  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  the 
  Rhynchophoroii^ 
  

  

  constricted 
  near 
  the 
  front, 
  dull, 
  rugose-punctate, 
  feebly 
  impressed 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Elytra 
  narrow 
  at 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  convex, 
  

   red, 
  but 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  deflexed 
  side 
  

   margins, 
  moderately 
  deeply 
  sulcata. 
  Legs 
  rather 
  stout, 
  claws 
  of 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  lobed 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  found 
  three 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  

   Subashiri 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  quite 
  ahke, 
  and 
  probably 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   male 
  sex. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  readily 
  recognised 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  the 
  colour 
  and 
  the 
  canaliculate 
  

   rostrum 
  being 
  diagnostic. 
  

  

  Apion 
  griseo-imhescens. 
  

  

  Apion 
  griseo-puhescens, 
  Eoelofs, 
  Ann. 
  Ent. 
  Belg., 
  1874, 
  

  

  p. 
  129. 
  

   Awomori. 
  

  

  Apion 
  prcecariuin. 
  

  

  Apion 
  prcBcarium, 
  Faust, 
  Stett. 
  Ent. 
  Zeit., 
  1889, 
  

   p. 
  225. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  obtained 
  a 
  small 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  

   the 
  only 
  localities 
  noted 
  are 
  Suyama 
  and 
  Kiga. 
  There 
  

   are 
  also, 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Lewis's 
  collections, 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   that 
  may 
  be 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  or 
  distinct 
  forms. 
  

  

  Apion 
  placidum. 
  

   Apioti 
  placidum, 
  Faust, 
  Deutsche 
  Ent. 
  Zeit., 
  1887, 
  

   p. 
  180. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  E. 
  Siberia, 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  also 
  found 
  

   in 
  Japan, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  has 
  not 
  met 
  with 
  any 
  specimen 
  

   that 
  I 
  can 
  refer 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Apion 
  pallidirostre. 
  

  

  Apion 
  pallidirostis, 
  Eoelofs, 
  Ann. 
  Ent. 
  Belg., 
  xvii., 
  

   p. 
  128. 
  

  

  Konose, 
  May 
  18th, 
  1881. 
  

  

  Apion 
  daimio, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Convexum, 
  nigrum, 
  elytris 
  disco 
  rufo, 
  pedibus 
  rufo-testaceis, 
  

   antennarum 
  apice 
  rufescente 
  ; 
  rostro 
  elongato, 
  gracih, 
  polito. 
  

   Long, 
  absqiie 
  rostro, 
  2^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Eostrum 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  slender, 
  elon- 
  

   gate, 
  polished. 
  Antennae 
  inserted 
  as 
  far 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  