446 BRUCHIDES. 
13. Bruchus pictifemur. 
Convexus, subtus (cum femoribus posterioribus) nigro rufoque coloratus, pallide vestitus, supra nigricans, fusco 
albidoque variegatus, in elytris hic inde vage rufescens; antennis subcrassis minus brevibus, cumque 
pedibus anterioribus testaceis; femoribus posterioribus dente sat elongato denticulisque circiter sex 
instructis. 
Long. 3 millim. (capite deflexo). 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge). 
In this species the antenne are more slender outwardly, and subserrate, the penul- 
timate joints being scarcely shorter than broad. The thorax has no inequalities, but 
its sculpture can be distinguished through the vestiture. ‘The elytra are chiefly black 
with indistinct red patches, the ground-colours being, however, concealed. by the pubes- 
cence; they bear numerous series of coarse punctures, three or four of these series 
between the shoulder and scutellum terminating in a slightly arcuate or angular elevation ; 
the maculation is indefinite. The pygidium is narrow and very elongate, densely clothed 
with pale pile, subvariegate. The lower half of the hind femur is black, the upper part 
red; the six supernumerary teeth form a curvate prominence. The metasternum is not 
declivous in front; the tibial spur moderately long. 
Three examples have been received of this species. 
14. Bruchus scutellaris. 
Bruchus scutellaris, Fabry. Ent. Syst. ii. 1, p. 872; Gyll. in Schoénh. Cure. i. p. 33+; Horn, Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc. iv. (1873), p. 317”. 
Hab. Fere in ogpe toto; NortH AMERIcA’.—PaNaMA, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion).—Sovuts America, Brazil’. 
The position of this species should for present convenience be among the smaller 
Pachymeri, the penultimate ventral plates being very abbreviate and the femora 
sufficiently dilated; the structure of the femur is, however, very different from any 
other of the group, and the concave arcuation of the sides of the thorax very slight. 
It is recorded in the Munich Catalogue, x. p. 3222, as a synonym of Bruchus chinensis, 
Linn. & Thunb.; but this is apparently erroneous, as also is the fact that in the same 
work the only record given for B. scutellaris, Fabr. & Gyll., is “ Cap. bon. spei.” On 
reference to the works in question it will be found that Fabricius gives no locality, and 
that Gyllenhal’ says, “habitat in seminibus utriusque Indie, etiam ad Caput bon. 
spei et in Brasilia.” In settling the synonymy of this species we are thus deprived of 
the assistance usually derived from the citation of a limited “habitat.” Only two 
examples from our region have reached me. 
15. Bruchus salvini. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 5.) 
Convexus, dense vestitus, nigro, fusco albidoque variegatus; pygidio albido, antennis pedibusque anterioribus rufis ; 
antennis elongatis, apicem versus parum crassioribus, articulis 5° ad 10™ intus subserratis; prothorace 
