Genus 51. — BRACHYCERüS. 4i5 



4g. B. Plicatus. Schh. 



BrevUer ovatus, ater, opacus, parce squamutosus, siiperciläs elevatis, 

 rostro basi impresso, thorace leite cancdiculuto, varioloso-punctato , 

 Interibus suh-acute spinoso , elytris conferdm retladato-nif/osis , 

 sincjalo duplici Serie tuberculatis , interiore postica, abbreviata. 



Patria : Hispania. Ex Musaeo Dom. Chevrolat ad describendum 

 amice communicatus. 



Statura brevis, in elytris lata, et similitudo B. Europcei, scd 

 plus triplo major et in pluribiis distinctus. Caput breve, latum, sub- 

 depressum, punctis paucis majoribus adspersum, nigrum, parce 

 squamulosum, callo supra-oculari lato, alte elcvato ; oculi sub- 

 ovati, nigro-brunnei , parum prominuli ; rostrurn capite duplo 

 longius, crassum, sub-ovatum, supra ina3quale, disperse puncta- 

 tum, versus basin impressum, atruni, opacum. iVntennae breves, 

 atrae, cinereo-squamulosae et nigro-setosa^. Tliorax transversus, an- 

 tice profunde bi-eniarginatus, lobo medio producto, sub-emargi- 

 nalo ; lateribus valde ampliatus, sub-acute spinosus , sub-sinuatus, 

 supra ingequalis, in medio sulco lato, basi apiceque profundiore, 

 in fundo tenuiter carinato, exaratus, marginibus sulci alte elevatis; 

 superficies reliqua confertim varioloso-punctata ; ater, opacus. Ely- 

 tra ampla , antice sinuata, thoracis basi latiora, pone basin oblique 

 valde ampliata, posterius attenuata, apice conjunctim sub-acumi- 

 nata, thorace triplo longiora, supra convexa, fornicata, posticere- 

 tusa, undique rugulis angustis, elevatis, vario modo anastomo- 

 zantibus sub-reticulata ; in singuli disco , anterius linea elevatior, 

 undata, posterius in tubercula nonnulla minora interrupta ; series 

 marginalismulti-tuberculata, posterioribus majoribus, subconicis; 

 latera inflexa obsolete sulcata , tuberculata ; tota atra , opaca. Cor- 

 pus subtus disperse punctatum, atrum, opacum. Pedes validi, ni- 

 gri, densius cinereo-squamulosi et fusco-setosi. Ghl. 



* 5o. B. Transversus. 



Breviter ovatus, nicjer, cinereo-pulverulentus , rostro punctato , sulcato, 

 superciins parum elevatis, thorace obtuse angulato, caiialiculato , 

 costis duabus alte elevatis, sub-lcevibus , eljtrorum costis duabus 

 approximatis , anterius contiguis , sub-rectis, ititerstitiis transversim 

 rucjosis. 



Oliv. Ent. V. 82. p. Sy. n" 22. T. 3. f. 23. 



Habitat in Barbaria. Mus. Schh. et Ghl. 



Maximis B. i/nr/af/ individuis adhuc latior, seil brevior; magni- 



