avion. 255 



head small. A mongst herbage : London district ; Norfolk; Suffolk ; York- 

 shire ; Scotland : 5-7. 



1996 minimum Herbst. C. vii. 115. pi. 103. f. 3. g. — Ap. velox Lin. Tr. 

 (Kirby.) x. 349. — Ste. M. v. 173. — Black; somewhat opaque ; very 

 finely pubescent : head with confluent wrinkles between the eyes ; thorax 

 with united punctures and a faint dorsal line ; coleoptra obovate, punctate- 

 sulcate, interstices very narrow, ridged ; rostrum short and stoutish. 

 (L. f-1 1.) On willows: Coombe Wood ; Dorking: 6-8. 



1997 simile Lin. Tr. {Kirby) x. 351 Ste. M. iv. 171. — Black, with a 



slight obscure pile : rostrum longish, curved ; thorax somewhat cylindric, 

 with confluent punctures, and a dorsal line ; coleoptra obovate, brassy- 

 black, and silky, punctate-striate, interstices flat. (L. 1-1^ 1.) Ripley; 

 Hertford; Dorking; Hunstanton, Norfolk ; Yorkshire: 6-7. 



1998 tenue Lin. Tr. ( Kirby) ix. 61. — Ste. M. iv. 171. — Very slender; 

 deep black, somewhat glabrous and shining ; head with united punctures ; 

 thorax oblong, cylindric, and slightly punctured, with a deeper impression 

 behind; coleoptra oblong-oval, punctate striate; rostrum moderate, slender. 

 (L. 11.) On Medicago sativa, &c. : Ripley ; Southend; Little Blaken- 

 ham; Suffolk; S. Wales; Scotland: 5-9. 



1999 seniculus Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 61. — Ste. M. iv. 171. — Narrow; 

 deep black, with rather long ashy pile ; head narrow, faintly punctate be- 

 tween the eyes ; thorax widish behind ; punctured ; coleoptra oblong- 

 ovate, finely punctate-striate : rostrum rather long, slender, bent. (L. Ixl.) 

 London district ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire : 5-9. 



2000 pubescens Lin. Tr. (Kirby) x. 350. — Ste. M. iv. 179. — Black, with 

 whitish pile : head deeply impressed between the .eyes, and obscurely 

 striated ; thorax short, broadish behind, punctulate, the base with a fur- 

 row ; coleoptra ovate, faintly punctate-striate, interstices flattish. (L. 1 1.) 

 London district ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire : 5-9. 



2001 Curtisii Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 169. — Black ; glabrous, slightly shining; 

 head faintly impressed between the eyes, and delicately striated ; thorax 

 slightly elongate, punctulate ; coleoptra obovate, sometimes with a bluish 

 tinge; antennas pitchy, club black. (L. l£ 1.) London district; Nor- 

 folk: 6. 



2002 violaceum Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 65. pi. 1. f. 16. — Ste. M. iv. 172 



Deep black or brassy, mostly glabrous ; head wrinkled with confluent 

 punctures; obscurely furrowed between the eyes: thorax somewhat cy- 

 lindric, irregularly but thickly punctured, and with a 3-angular pit at the 

 base ; coleoptra oblong-ovate, punctate-sulcate, blue, violet, or greenish : 

 rostrum short, stout, bent. (L. If -2 1.) On the dock : London district ; 

 Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Lancashire ; S. Wales ; Scotland, &c : 5-8. 



2003 Hydrolapathi Marsh, i. 249. — Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. pi. 1. f. 17. _ 

 Ste. M. iv. 173. — .Black; glabrous; thickly punctured : head punctate- 

 striate between the eyes; thorax with a dorsal furrow; coleoptra oblong- 

 ovate, punctate-striate, blue-green ; rostrum very short, stout. (L. lg-lf 1.) 



Var. ? Ap. caeruleopenne Ste. M. iv. 173. — Thorax coarsely punctured, and 

 with a continuous dorsal furrow ; elytra blue, punctate-striate, interstices 

 convex. On the dock (Rumex Lapathus, &c. ): London district; Cam- 

 bridge; Carlisle; S. Wales; Scotland, &c. : 1-8. 



2004 Malvae Fab. E. ii. 426. — Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. pi. 1. f. 2. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 173. — r Black; clothed with whitish decumbent hairs ; elytra, except 

 the base, which is dusky, legs, and antennas testaceous ; coxae black. ( L. 1 1. ) 

 On the mallow (Malva): London district; Cambridge; Bottisham; 

 S. Wales, &c. : 4-7. 



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