480 -  BRUCHIDES. 
Antenne serrate from the fifth joint outwards, the penultimate joints transverse,. 
the four basal joints pale. Thorax evidently transverse, the sides rounded in front, the 
punctuation obscured by the pubescence. FElytra covered with grey pubescence, 
immaculate. Hind femur almost unarmed, there being only an extremely minute 
tooth; tibia with a very slender, short, apical mucro. 
The individuals of this species are smaller than those of any other species of Bruchus 
known to me. Its characters bring it near to B. apicalis, but it is very different from 
that species by its less elongate wing-cases, which are unicolorous ; it has, moreover, the 
fourth joint of the antenne smaller. It is still more similar to B. pedicularius, but is 
quite distinct therefrom by the different armature of the hind femora and tibiz, as well 
as by the dilute colour of the base of the antenne. 1 do not see any sexual distinctions. 
among the six examples obtained of the species. The terminal ventral ring is. 
extremely abbreviate. 
I am rather doubtful whether the unique exponent from Guanajuato belongs really 
to this species, as it is larger than any of the individuals obtained in Guatemala, and has. 
the legs entirely black. 
91. Bruchus brevipes. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 14.) 
Minimus, brevis, niger, griseo vestitus; antennarum basi pedibusque rufis, femoribus posterioribus ex parte 
majore nigris; antennis brevibus, subclavatis ; prothorace fortiter transverso; femoribus posterioribus. 
dente minutissimo armatis. 
Long. 17 millim. 
Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city, Zapote (Champion). 
Antenne with the intermediate joints quite small; joints 7-10 strongly transverse. 
Front and middle legs entirely red; hind femora black, with the apex broadly red ; tibia. 
with an excessively short apical mucro. 
This minute insect greatly resembles B. pusillimus, but is readily distinguished from 
that species by the colour of the legs, and the two actually differ in several other 
respects. No other species amongst the near allies has the antennz so short and clavate 
as they are in B. brevipes ; joints 7-11 form an almost abrupt club of about the same 
length as the more slender six basal joints. 
92. Bruchus flavicornis. 
Minimus, niger, dense griseo vestitus ; antennis pedibusque lete rufo-testaceis, his parum latis, intus sub- 
serratis ; femoribus posterioribus muticis. 
Long. 1% millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Sallé). 
Antenne clear yellow, the four basal joints slender, the fifth about as long as broad, 
the penultimate joints evidently transverse. Thorax transverse, with the sides much. 
rounded in front. Elytra evidently striate. 
