Genus 93. — BRACHYCERUS. 711 
151. B. Morıo. Fabricius. 
Oblongo-ovatus , niger, in cavitatibus parce fusco-squamulosus ; rostro 
basi distincte bi-tuberculato; thorace disperse punctato, rugis alte 
elevatis, flexuosis , nitidis obsito ; elytris sub-texatis, interstitüs costa- 
tis , tuberculatis ; dorsalibus tuberculis oblongis , depressis , setigeris. 
Fann. Syst. El. II. p. 416. 22. 
Huj. op. 1. p. 438. 97. 
Patria : Cap. Bone Spei. E Museo Dom. Dre£se descriptus. 
Brachycero granicolli paulo longior, at fere angustior; ab illo 
preterea tuberculis rostri rugisque contiguis thoracis facile dis- 
tinctus. Caput latum, disperse punctatum , nigrum, fusco-squamu- 
losum , fronte sub-retusa, sulco profundo, transverso a rostro dis- 
tinctum; oculi laterales, ovati, depressi, nigri, absque superciliis 
elevatis; rostrum magnum , crassum , alte elevatum, basi tuberculis 
duobus validis, sub-conicis armatum, extrorsum rotundato-am- 
pliatum, supra planum , disperse punctatum, nigrum, parce cine- 
reo-squamulosum et nigro-setulosum. Antenn® breves, crasse, 
nigrz. Thorax latitudine vix brevior, antice profunde bi-sinuatus, 
lateribus pone medium rotundato-ampliatus, basi truncatus, supra 
convexus, valde inzqualis, disperse punctatus, rugis duabus dor- 
salibus sub-parallelis, sub-undatis, plurimisque arcuatis et flexuosis 
utrinque obsitus, omnibus alte elevatis, nitidis ; niger, in cavitati- 
bus parce cinereo-squamulosus. Elytra antice thoracis basi paulo 
latiora, lateribus ampliata, apice conjunctim rotundata, thorace 
triplo longiora, supra convexa, fornicata, postice retusa, sat regu- 
lariter texata, interstitiis elevato-costatis, omnibus seriatim tubercu- 
latis; in costis dorsalibus tubercula oblonga , sub-depressa , apice 
seta parva nigra instructa, in lateribus vero minora , sub-rotunda; 
nigra, in cavitatibus cinereo-squamulosa. Corpus subtus sub- 
disperse punctatum, nigrum, sat dense cinereo-squamulosum. 
Pedes longiusculi, validi, obsolete punctati, nigri, cinereo-squa- 
mulosi. — Gnr. 
* 152. B. Texarus. Gyllenhal. — Huj. op. 1. p. 433. 85. 
Patria : Cap. Bone Spei. 
