558 Genus 74. — BRAQIYDERES. 



ger, sat erebre et profunde rugoso-punctatus, antice transversim 

 obsolete impressus, griseo-pubescens. Scutellum minutum, trian- 

 guläre, nigrum. Elytra elongato-ovata , antice tborace vix latiora , 

 pone basin sensim dilatata, apicem versus citius angustata, tborace 

 sextuplo longiora, supra dorso sub-plana, postice declivia, apice 

 in mare obsolete, in femina distincte mucronata, nigra, regulari- 

 ter punctato-striata, interstitiisrugulosis, pubefusco-grisea, versus 

 apicem magis condensata tecta. Corpus sublus nigrum, obsolete 

 punctatum, griseo-pubescens, medio denudatum. Pedes longius- 

 culi, validi, fusco-picei, griseo-pubescentes. Tarsi subtus fulvo- 

 spongiosi. — Bhn. 



3. B. Opacus. Sclili. 



Elonqatus, niger, squamulis fusco-cupreis adspersus, rostro angustiori, 

 longitudinaliter late sed parum profunde impresso, thorace subtiliter 

 granutato , anterius angustato , postice cmgidaio, elytris punctalo- 

 striatis, interstitiis obsolete granulatis. 



Mas : elongahis , thorace supra vix impresso, elytris apice muticis. 



Femina : multo latior, thorace supra longitudinaliter impresso, ca- 

 rinato , elytris intra apicem tuberculo valido, conico instructis. 



Habitat in Armorica. Dom. Chevrolat. Mus. Schh. 



B. lusitanico Statur a et magnitudine aequalis, rostro angustiori, 

 tborace longiori, postice angulato, antice magis angustato, etc., ab 

 illo distinctus. Caput breve, latum, nigrum, subtiliter rugoso- 

 punctatum , parce griseo-pubescens; oculi laterales, rotundati , 

 niodice prominuli, nigri ; rostrum capite paulo longius et angus- 

 tius, crassum , sub-rectum, supra planum, longitudinaliter late 

 sed parum profunde impressum, nigrum, subtiliter rugoso-punc- 

 tatum, griseo-pubescens. Antennse elongatse, tenues, rufo-ferru- 

 ginese, parce pilosae, clava elongata, acuminata, picea, cinereo- 

 pubescente. Tborax brevis transversus, basi apiceque truncatus , 

 anterius angustatus, dein sensim latior, angulis baseos rectis, sub- 

 proininulis, supra fere planus, in mare vix impressus, in femina 

 longitudinaliter impressus et in impressione apicem versus carina- 

 tus, niger, subtiliter granulato-punctatus, pube grisea parce obsi- 

 tus. Scutcllum nullum. Elytra in mare elongata, in femina elonga- 

 to-ovata, antice tboracis basi angustiora, mox pone basin sensim 

 ampliata, apicem versus iterum angustiora , tborace fere sextuplo 

 longiora, apice simultanea? rotundata, mulica, in femina intra 

 apicem juxta suturam, tub< ivulo subconico, sat valido instructa. 



