512 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
This is likely to prove one of the rarest of the Scotch 
CurculioDidse. It is accounted^ a scarce insect in England, 
where it occurs chiefly in the south, and never in consider- 
able numbers. It is almost invariably found in sand-pits, 
a situation in which its colour is admirably calculated to 
secure it from observation. It has been taken only once 
in this neighbourhood, in an old quarry of sandstone on 
the shore at Joppa. July. 
Gen. Apion. 
A. Rumicis, Kirhy. 
On the different species of the genus Rumex, but not 
very common. Craiglockhart. Braid Hill. 
A. Hydrolapathi, Kirhy. Cur. Hydrolapathi^ Marsh. 
Not very frequent. " Habitat in Rumicibus Lapathis," 
KiRBY. 
A. Malvae, Kirhy. Attel. Malvce, Fab. Cur. Malvce, 
Marsh. 
On the common Mallow, not very frequent near Edin- 
burgh. James Wilson, Esq. 
A. haematodeSj Kirhy. Germ. 
Among grass at Figget Whins and elsewhere, but not 
common. 
A. frumentarium, Kirhy. Cur. frumentarius, Marsh. 
Linn. 
This species is met with occasionally near Edinburgh, 
and in other parts of Scotland. When in its perfect state, 
it inhabits the common dock. 
A. Radiolus, Kirby. Germar. Cur. Radiolus and Cur. 
aterrimus, Marsh. Ap, oocurum, Eirby. 
Common on the Mallow. 
