Genus 93. — BRACHYCERUS. 637 
bus validis, basi medio sub-angulato-productus, ante medium le- 
viter ampliatus minime vero angulatus vel dentatus, supra lateri- 
busque temere scrobieulatus, huc tuberculis aliquot obtusis interjec- 
tis, dorso caterum sub-zqualiter elevatus, nec, ut in Brachycero 
stellari, antice intrusus, canalicula tantum vadosa longitudinali , 
sub-lzvi, notatus; totus niger, squamositate in scrobiculis dorsi ci- 
nerea, in canalicula lateribusque margaritacea , vestitus. Elytra 
ovato-sub-globosa , medio thorace fere duplo latiora, basi conjunc- 
tim leviter emarginata , apice sub-retusa, supra sub-striatim scro- 
biculata in tergo reticulato-rugosa , seriebus quatuor e tuberculis 
sub-conicis, circiter decem in singula serie, posterioribus extimis- 
que humilioribus, plurimis apice setulosis, spinaque solitaria, sub- 
humerali, predita; tota nigra, squamositate in tergo cinerea, ad 
latera posticeque margaritacea, vestita, verrucis in interstitiis exter- 
nis granulisque ad suturam sparsis, nec non tuberculis dorsalibus 
apice plagiatim , denudatis, nigris. Corpus subtus et pedes nigra, 
margaritaceo-squamosa , setulis nigris passim adspersa; tibiis anti- 
cis apice extus valide lobatis, intus uni-spinosis; tarsis elongatis, li- 
nearibus. — Fus. 
* 43. B. Arıcarus. Chevrolat. 
Ovatus, niger, dense cinereo-pulverulentus, disperse nigro-setosus ; 
rostro scrobiculato , basi triangulariter acuminato ; thorace lateribus 
in angulum multi-tuberculatum ampliato, supra confertim tubercu- 
lato, in medio sulco irregulari, carinulam includente impresso; ely- 
tris scrobiculalis , reticulatim rugosis , tuberculo sub-humerali solita- 
rio aliisque duplici serie in singulo instructis, interioribus apice 
fasciculatim setosis. 
Brachycerus Stellaris. Huj. op. I. p. 424. 64. Diagnosis et obser- 
vatio ibi adhibitz, ad hanc speciem pertinent. 
Van. f, triplo minor et ultra, in elytris presertim angustior ; forte 
mas. 
Brachycerus cirriferus. Dom. CiEvROLAT in Litteris. 
Patria : Cap. Bonz Spei. A Dom. Cnevnorar nominatus et ex 
ejus Mus&o descriptus. A Dom. Dn&cx etiam communicatus. Mus. 
ScHH. 
Brachycero biglobato aut magnitudine qualis, aut paulo ma- 
