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conic, much narrowed towards the front, the sides but little rounded, clothed with 
griseous pubescence at the sides, dark on the middle, with a fine grey line dividing the 
dark part, this latter coarsely punctate. Elytra black, with well-marked griseous spots, 
finely striate. Pygidium clothed with griseous pubescence; along the middle this is 
denser, so as to form a line. Front and middle legs clear yellow; hind legs also 
yellow, but with the base of the femora dark, and the upper part of the tibia some- 
times clouded. Femora armed with a slender tooth and two denticles ; tibia with a long 
slender mucro at the extremity. 
Only one or two examples are extant from each locality. I have some doubt whether 
the unique exponent from Mexico really pertains to the species, as it has the surface 
less variegate, the spots on the elytra being less definite, and the medial dark space on 
the thorax absent. 
88. Bruchus stylifer. 
Minimus, niger, griseo vestitus; antennarum basi pedibusque rufis, femoribus posterioribus ex parte majore 
nigris, elytris ad latera nigro submaculatis; femoribus posterioribus dente gracili denticulisque duobus 
minutissimis armatis; tibiis longissime mucronatis. 
Long. 14 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Sallé). 
Very similar to B. pullatus, but with only one black spot on each wing-case, placed 
on the outer margin, and with the apical mucro of the hind tibia still longer than in 
B. pullatus. | 
Three examples. 
89. Bruchus pedicularius. 
Minimus, niger, griseo vestitus ; elytris ad latera nigro submaculatis ; prothorace subconico; antennis serratis ; 
femoribus posterioribus dente tenui denticulisque duobus minutissimis armatis. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. GuavreMa.a, near the city (Champion). 
Closely allied to B. pullatus, but considerably smaller, and readily distinguished 
therefrom by the black legs and base of the antenne, and by the almost uniform 
clothing of the upper surface; the antenne, too, are rather differently constructed, 
being serrate from the fourth joint outwards. The two penultimate ventral rings are 
considerably shorter than the second ring. 
90. Bruchus pusillimus. 
Mjnimus, niger, griseo vestitus; antennarum basi, tiblis tarsisque quatuor anterioribus sordide testaceis ; pro- 
thorace subtransverso; antennis parum latis, serratis; femoribus posterioribus submuticis, dente minu- 
tissimo armatis. 
Long. 14 millim. 
Hab. Muxico, Toxpam, Guanajuato (Sallé); GuaTEMALA, near the city (Champion). 
