Oknus 93. — BRACHYCEHUS. t (V.\ 



88. n. CoMTus. Schh. 



Ooatus, liujer, sttpta ii cavttaübus dense ocliiaceo-siibtus inaculatnii 

 coccineo-squamosus ; thoracic conferüssime scrobiciilaio , antice suh- 

 canaliculato , lateribus acute angulato ; elyjns nth-costalii- , tiiber- 

 riilis iiumerosissitnis inri'qualibus sfiiatini fKlsjif'r.sis , qiiibiLsdaiii 

 (ujrjregatis , rostro snpia sub-pUuio , siilco sani-ciradari a fronte 

 disjuncto. 



V.4n. f5, tluplo minor, squaniosila(e rarioic , cimrasccntc. 



l'atrin : Cap. IJoiue Spei. A Dom. Ür.cGic [letocliis et e\ ejus .Vus*o 

 <kscriptus. Varietas e Caffraria. a Dom. Doct. licKr.o.x et Zeyhku 

 communicata. 



Bidcliyccro Sicido paiilo major. Ihacbycero scaliioso in miiltis 

 similis, seil brevioiel elytiuruin texUira j)riccipue tlistincliis. Caput 

 hieve, antice profunde semi-circularitei" exeavatimi, in veiti( e parce 

 |iinictalnm, nipium; oculi laterales, ovali , depressi , uijjri, sul) 

 elevatione vi\ caliosa locati; rostriini majjnuni , valde crassnm , basi 

 angulatim in sulcum frontalem adscendens, extrorsiim ampliatuni, 

 snpia f'ere planum, versus apicem snb-carinatuni , disperse exca- 

 vato-punctalum, nigrinn, in caviladbiis (irluaceo-squamulosum. 

 Antennae brcvcs, crassae , niyras. Thorax latiln !ine vix brcvior, an- 

 tice posticeque angustior, apice bi-sinnatiis, lateribus pone inedinni 

 in anguluni acnminatum ampliatus, basi truncatus, supra iiiodice 

 convexus, confertim scrobiculalus, in incdio antico fovea longitu- 

 dinali parum profunda, inaequali, impressus, nigcr. in cavitatibus 

 tiense ochraceo-squamosus , rugis iüterjacentil)us elevatis , luidis , 

 nilidis. Elytra breviter ovata , lateribus rotundato-ampliata, ajiice 

 conjunctiin rotimdata, tliorace vix triplo longiora, supra valde 

 convexa , gibbosa, postice abrupte relusa, punclis niagnis, profun- 

 dis, remotis, seriatira digestis, impressa, sutura interstitiisque ele- 

 vatis, sub-costatis, inaiqualiter tubcrcnlatis; in ipsa sniura singnii 

 elytri series regularis, simplex e tuberculis parvis, a])proximatis ; in 

 interstitiis primo et tertio tubercula pauca, remota , reliquis multo 

 majora, praesertim quae in medio dorsi posita ; in insterstitiis se- 

 cundo et quarlo tubercula pliirima , parva, absque ordine aggre- 

 gata ; latera inflexa etiam seriatini tuljciculata, tubercida omnia 

 nigra, nitida, apice seta par\a, doclinata, nigra, insliucta; superfi- 



