BERYTUS SPINOSUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Obscure reddish-brown ; terminal joint of the 

 antennae fuscous ; thorax punctured ; a strong 

 spine before the posterior feet. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Antennae longer than the body, terminal joint 

 fuscous, yellowish at base and tip : eyes black : 

 stemmata sanguineous, distant, placed very far 

 back, almost lateral : clypeus produced, conic ; 

 rostrum as long as the thorax, inflected, and 

 placed in a groove beneath: thorax gibbous be- 

 hind, punctures large and crowded: scutel with 

 an elevated spine: elytra nervous, with a black 

 costal spot near the tip : posterior feet longest ; 

 a spine each side as thick as the thighs, originat- 

 ing before the posterior coxae, curving upward 

 above the elytra, and abruptly attenuated near 

 the tip : abdomen depressed, fusiform, margined ; 

 margin paler. 



PLATE XIV. 



