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racis non latiora, apice cbnjunctira rotundata, dorso valde 

 convcxa, rugoso-scrobiculata, tuberculis, in dorso potius verru- 

 cis, seriatim obsita, atro-holoserice'a, plaga communi ovata, de- 

 terminate!, pone medium dorsi, vitta laterali apiceque silaceo- 

 ferrugineo-squamosis; sutura basi lineola albida notata; tuber- 

 culis lateralibus integris, dorsalibus sublunatis, glabris, nigris, 

 nitidis. Pedes crassiusculi, squamositate cinerea teeti, femori- 

 bus paree, tibiis tarsisque densius nigro-setulosis. 



117. Brachycerus lividicollis : bblongo-ovatus, niger, fusco-tomen- 

 tosus, fascia thoracis liturisque elytrorum testaceo-squamosis; 

 fronte impressa, rostro basi bicalloso; thorace disperse, elytris 

 seriatim tubereulatis. Long. 10, lat. 5 millim. 



Caput trans versuni, disperse punctatum, silaceo-squamulo- 

 suni, fronte transversim impressa; oculi ovati, depressi; rost- 

 rum capite fere triplo longius, supra antice planum, basi ob- 

 tuse hicostatum, fusco-tomentosum, paree setulosum. Antennae 

 fusco-tomentosiv, nigro-setulosse. Thorax latitndine postica 

 non brevior, nee antice angustior, basi truncatus, apice medio 

 late rotundato-productus, pone oeulos lobatus, lateribus medio 

 tuberculoso-dilatatis; supra gibbosus, subremote serobieulatus, 

 intra marginem apicis foveis tribus impressus, basi lateribus- 

 (pie tuberculatus, dense testaceo-squamosus, basi apiceque inae- 

 qualiter infuscatus, tuberculis denudatis, atris, nitidis. Elytra 

 subovalia, antice basi thoracis non latiora, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata, dorso convcxa, rude rugoso-scrobiculata, tuberculis, 

 in dorso majoribus, subseriatim obsita, fusco-tonientosa, lituris 

 in elevationibus dorsi sparsis testaceo-squamulosis notata, in 

 singulo tuberculo grano atro, nitido. praedita. Corpus subtus 

 fusco-squamosum, abdomine maculis lateralibus et in medio 

 sepiatis testaceo-squamulosis. Pedes mediocres, testaceo-squamu- 

 losi, fusco-variegati, tenuiter nigro-setulosi. 



118. Brachycerus contortus: oblongo-ovatus, niger, ochraceo-to- 

 mentosus; fronte impressa; rostro basi calloso-elevato, thorace 

 disperse tuberculato, antice trifoveolato, lateribus angulato-di- 

 latatis; eivtris rugoso-scrobiculatis. verrucis tuberculisque seria- 

 tim obsitis. Long. 11, lat. b\ millim. 



Caput transversum, obsolete punctatum; oculi ovati, de- 

 pressi; rostrum capite fere triplo longius, supra antice pla- 

 num, a fronte impressione transversa disjunctum, basi callis 

 duobus, interdum connatis, singulo apice granulo depresso, 

 atro, notato, prseditum; ante callos transversim impressum. 

 Antenna- concolores, fusco-setulosae. Thorax latitudine postica 

 vix brevior, nee antice angustior, basi truncatus, apice bisinua- 

 tus, lateribus medio subangulato-dilatatis ; supra gibbosus, inae- 

 qualis, postice lateribusque sat crebre tuberculatus, postice in 

 medio minus distincte canaliculatus, antice trifoveolatus, to- 

 mento fusco subargillaceo vestitus, tuberculis vel granulis 

 glabris, atris, nitidis. Elytra o 71 subovalia, $ ovata, antice 



