316 Annals of the South African Museum. 



attingente utrinque praedito ; elytra basi prothorace nonnihil angus- 

 tiora, dein elongate ovata, ad medium latitudine prothoracis maxima 

 tertio latiora, modice convexa, postice retusa, late profundeque 

 transverse seriato foveolata, in dorso biseriatim tuberculata, tuber- 

 culis validis, acutis, intervallis seriatim verrucosis ; corpus subtus 

 rude scrobiculatum ; pedes graciles, longitudine corporis aequantes, 

 tarsi omnes longissimi, apice dilatati, subtusque lateraliter a medio 

 apice longe pulvinati ; tibiae anticge apice fere truncatse. 



Long, (rostr. excl.) 16-17 mm. ; lat. 8J-8^ mm. 



Hah. Namaqualand (Bushmanland). Schlechter. 



This species is easily recognised by the great length of its slender 

 legs, all of which, tarsi included, equal the whole body in length. 

 All the examples which I have seen are partly without white scales 

 except on the rostrum and on the legs, but there can be no doubt 

 that in their non-detrite form they are entirely covered with a 

 squamose indumentum. 



Brachycerus namanus, n. sp. 



Niger indumento terreno fere omnino tectus ; caput breve, oculi 

 sub-ovati depressi, rostrum elongatum, capite fere triplo longius, a 

 fronte modice profunde disjunctum, basi angustatum, dein apice 

 triangulatim ampliatum, supra deplanatum, in medium apicis carina 

 elevata triangula munitum ; prothorax globosus, lateribus in medio 

 rotundatus, tuberculis rotundatis apice denudatis confertis obsitus, 

 a medio basi laxe baud distincte canaliculatus ; elytra elongate 

 ovata, antice prothoracis basi haud latiora, ad medium parum 

 ampliata, supra valde convexa, postice sensim declivia, fere retusa, 

 6 vel 7-fariam utrinque tuberculata, tuberculis confertis, plus minusve 

 rotundatis, ad partem declivam acutioribus, apice denudatis, granulis 

 simplicibus in serie extima obsita ; corpus subtus pedesque terreno 

 pulverulenta. 



Long. 9^11 mm. ; lat. 6-6f mm. 



Belongs to the same group as B. texattis, but the rostrum is longer 

 and the prothorax more regularly globose. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Namaqualand). G. Alston. 



Brachycerus amatongas, n. sp. 

 Breviter ovato ampliatus, niger, rostro capiteque, rufo ochraceis, 

 fere miniatis, prothorace albidiore squamuloso ; elytris maculis 

 plurimis albido ochraceis, femoribus rufo ochraceis ; caput trans- 

 versum, haud breve, vage punctatum, oculi ovati, depressi, palpebra 

 evidenter muniti, rostrum capite quam duplo longius, basi triangu- 



