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latini incisum, supra fere planum, in medio baud longitudinaliter 

 carinulatum, modice punctatum, punctis simplicibus ; antennae sub- 

 breves, avticulis longitudine duplo latioribus, ultimo praecedenti 

 quintuple longiore ; prothorax longitudine media duplo latior, 

 lateribus pone medium angulato dilatatus atque acute spinosus, 

 supra antice profunde canaliculatus, postice carinis tribus sub- 

 obtusis at alte elevatis, mediis extus curvatis distincte prgeditus ; 

 elytra fere giobosa, convexa, postice modice dehiscentia, tuberculis 

 verrucosis eequalibus confertim seriatis obsita ; pedes modice elon- 

 gati, tibiis anticis extus remote denticulatis, apice longe, conspicue 

 mucronatis. 



Long. 15 mm. ; lat. 9 mm. 



Tbis species is allied to B. walilhcrgi and to its variety B. inctu- 

 ratus, Fabr., wbich form a group in tbe South African species easily 

 distinguished by tbe long spine of the apical outer end of the fore 

 tibiae. It is easily distinguished from B. waJilbergi by the four bind 

 costse of the prothorax, the two median ones of which, which are 

 nearly the continuations of the nearly straight walls of the anterior 

 groove, curve outwardly in the shape of a comma. Tbe outer costa 

 in the posterior part is also very conspicuous. 



Hab. Mozainbique (Amatongas). P. A. Sheppard. 



Brachyceeus mouffleti, n. sp. 



Niger, capite, prothoraee pedibus subtusque indumento fiavidulo 

 obsitis, elytris pagina superiore lateribusque partim denudatis ; 

 rostrum capite duplo longius, basi profunde strangulatum, mar- 

 ginibus lateralibus distincte carinatis in medio baud conjunctis, 

 supra deplanatum ; oculi depressi, supra antice carinulati ; pro- 

 thorax longitudine fere duplo latior, lateribus subampliato rotun- 

 datus, supra elevatus, ad medium fere gibbosus, basi truncatus, 

 antice utrinque valde sinuatus, parte antica media prominulente at 

 baud elevata, in disco antice subimpressus, foveis latis indu- 

 mento repletis obsitus, in interstitiis sparsim brevissime setulosus, 

 lateraliter sparse granulatus ; elytra ampliato rotundata, ad medium 

 prothoraee fere tertio latiora, convexa, postice modice dehiscentia, 

 profunde reticulato foveolata, tuberculis subrotundato acuminatis, in 

 dorso remotius lateraliter confertius in series 9 utrinque prsedita, 

 seriebus dorsalibus alternis distinctioribus ; corpus subtus rugose 

 punctatum, abdominis segmentis setulosis ; pedes modice robusti, 

 setulosi. 



Long. 11 mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



Hab. Northern Ovampoland ; Benguela, 



