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what gibbous, coarsely punctured, and with a deep basal fovea ; coleoptra 

 oval, punctate-sulcate, interstices convex ; antennae short ; rostrum mo- 

 derate. (L. 1^1.) On Lotus major : Hertford; Coombe Wood ; South- 

 end ; Sheppy ; Yorkshire : 5-6. 



2050 Viciae Pk. F. Hi. 181.— Germ. M. ii. pi. 4. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 192. 

 — Black, with an ashy pile above, and snowy pubescence beneath : thorax 

 somewhat cylindric, short ; finely punctured, and with a short basal furrow ; 

 coleoptra oval, punctate-sulcate ; legs and antenna? testaceous ; 4 anterior 

 trochanters red : <j> with club of antenna? black. (L. 1£ 1 ) 



Var. ? Ap. Griesbachii Ste. M. iv. 179. — The 4 hinder tibise black at the 

 apex. On Vicia cracca : near London ; Hants ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire ; 

 Scotland : 5-6. 



2051 Ononis Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 25. — Germ. M. ii. pi. 3. f. 24. — Ste. 

 AT. iv. 192. — Black, with a hoary pile; rather obscure: forehead ob- 

 scurely striated ; thorax cylindric, slender, and with a dorsal channel ; 

 elytra oboval, punctate-sulcate ; rostrum longish, filiform, subcylindric and 

 shorter in the £ . (L. 1|1.) On Ononis arvensis : London district; 

 South Wales ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire ; Scotland : 5-7. 



2052 vorax Herbst. C. vii. 119. pi. 103. f. 10. — Ste. M. iv. 193. — Black, 

 with an ashy pubescence ; thorax somewhat conic, punctate, and with a 

 dorsal channel; coleoptra oblong-oval, punctate-sulcate, dark blue; an- 

 tennna? testaceous at the base : anterior tibia? slightly flexuous in $ . 

 (L. 1^-lfl.) On Vicia cracca, &c. : London district ; Cambridge, South- 

 end ; Yorkshire : 3-7. 



2053 Pisi Fab. E. ii. 425. — Ap. punctifrons Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 50. 

 pi. i. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 193. — Black, glabrous; thorax somewhat 

 cylindric, punctate, and with a basal channel ; coleoptra obovate, globose, 

 gibbous, blue, punctate-sulcate, interstices rather convex ; rostrum mo- 

 derate ; head widish, coarsely punctured between the eyes. (L. 1^-1 § 1.) 



Var.? Ap. a?ratum Ste. M. iv. 185. — Of a brassy tinge; forehead ob- 

 scurely punctured, elytra bluish. Grassy fields : London district ; Wood 

 Ditton, Cambridge; S.Wales; Yorkshire: 5-7. 



2054 subsulcatum Marsh, i. 249. — Ste. M. iv. 193. — Ap. iEthiops 

 Herbst. C. vii. pi. 103. f. 9.? — Black, glabrous'; slightly shining: thorax 

 slender, nearly cylindric, coarsely punctured, and with an obscure basal 

 furrow; coleoptra somwhat globose, bluish, punctate-sulcate, interstices 

 flatfish ; forehead wrinkled ; rostrum moderate. (L. 1^-1 § 1.) 



Var. ? Ap. subca?ruleum Ste. M. iv. 183. — Coleoptra oboval, deep blue-black. 

 On Vicia sepium : London district ; Hants ; Yorkshire : 6. 



2055 Gyllenhali Lin. Tr. {Kirby) ix. 63. — Ste. M. iv. 190. — Black; 

 pubescent; head narrow, with wrinkled stria? between the eyes, which 

 are flattish ; thorax short, somewhat cylindric ; coarsely punctured, and 

 with a distinct basal channel ; coleoptra oblong-ovate, deeply punctate- 

 striate ; rostrum very long, stoutish ; antenna? sometimes pitchy at the 

 base. 



$ Ap. unicolor Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 58 Ste. M. iv. 183. — More 



pubescent ; rostrum shorter, stouter, and with 2 elevations between the 

 antenna?. (L. 1^-1|I.) London district ; Suffolk; Yorkshire: 6-7. 



2056 Meliloti Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 64. — Ste. M. iv. 195. — Rather 

 narrow ; black, with a slight pile ; head elongate, roughly striate between the 

 eyes; thorax oblong-cylindric, punctate, and with a basal channel ; coleoptra 

 elongate-obovate, greenish blue or black, punctate-sulcate, interstices 

 flattish ; rostrum long, filiform, much bent. 

 Charlton, Kent ; Windsor ; Yorkshire : 4-8. 



