420 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



Bruehm granarius, Mslun, (nee Linn. 1767) Ent. Brit. i. 235 (1802). 



et Pisi, Steph. Ill Brit. Ent. iv. 213 (1831). 



riiftmanus, Schon. Gen. et Spec. Cure. i. 58 (1833). 



Habitat prope urbum Funchalensem i\Iaderse (ex Europu introJuctus?). 



B. oblong-ovate, black, and sparingly variegated with fulvescent pubescence above, — but with rather 

 paler beneath and on the pygidiura (where, likewise, it is more dense). Prothorax punctured 

 and rugulose ; with its lateral edges more or less angulatcd about their centre ; and generally 

 with a thicker patch of somewhat paler pubescence in the middle of its hinder margin, in front 

 of the scutellum (which is distinct and subquadrate). Elytra subcrenate-striated ; the suture 

 usually more densely clothed with the fulvescent pubescence ; and with numerous small irregular 

 paler spots (or specks) besprinkled over their surface, — especially however across the central 

 region, where they have a tendency to arrange themselves in two transverse fascia;. Antenna and 

 leys rather short and robust ; the base of the former, and the anterior pair of the latter, bright 

 rufo-testaceous. Hinder femora with a strong, but obscure and obtuse, tooth beneath. 



An abundant insect throughout central and southern Em-ope, and recorded also 

 from Eg}7)t and the Caucasus. It has probably been introduced into Madeira, — 

 where it occurs in the immediate vicinity of the towns, though not very al)imdantly. 

 Apart from its large size and robust limbs, it may be at once recognised h\ the 

 subangulated sides of its prothorax, and by the bright rufo-testaceous hue of its 

 front legs and of the base of its antennae. The small, irregular, white freckles, 

 and the densely clothed suture, of its elytra which characterize it in its normal 

 state are apt to be more or less obscure, and occasionally nearly obsolete. 



323. Bruchus subellipticus, TT'oll. 



B. clliptico-ovatus niger, pube subcinereo-fulvescenti pai'ce variegatus, elytris leviter punctato-striatis 

 valde abbre\datis, antennis pedibusque brevibus, illarum basi et articulo ultimo, his abdomineque 

 rufo-testaeeis, femoribus posticis valde et acute dentatis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 2t. 



Habitat Maderam, rarissime : specimen unicum (ex alienis forsan in iusulam invectum) detexit Rev"^"" 

 Doin. Lowe. 



B. smaller and more elliptical than the B. rufimanus (being considerably acuminated both before and 

 behind), black, and with its pubescence a little more ashy and less fulvescent. Prothorax not 

 quite so closely punctured, or so rugulose as in that insect ; and with its lateral edges simply 

 rounded. Scutellum distinct and subquadrate. Elytra lightly punctate-striated ; exceednigly 

 abbreviated, and each of them rather more rounded at its apex than in either of the other species 

 here described. Abdomen rufo-testaceous. Antenna and legs short; the former with their base 

 and ajiical joint, and the latter entirely, rufo-testaceous. Hinder femora with a long and acute 

 tooth beneath. 



A single specimen only of the present Bruchus (detected by the Rev. 11. T. Lowe 



