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racis non latiora, apice coujunctim rotundata, dorso valde 

 convexa, rugoso-scrobiculata, tuberculis, in dorso potiiis verru- 

 cis, seriatim obsita,. atro-holosericea, plaga commuiii ovata, de- 

 termiiiata, pone medium dorsi, vitta laterali apicequc silaceo- 

 ferriii,niieo-s(|uamosis; sutuva basi lineola albida iiotata; tuber-' 

 culis lateralibus iiitegris, dorsalibus sublunatis, glabris, uigns,, 

 nitidis. Pedes crassiusculi, squainositate cinerea tecti, femori- 

 bus parce, tibiis tarsisque densius nigro-setulosis. 

 117. Bvachycerus iividlcolli^: oblongo-ovatus. iiiger, fusco-tomeu- 

 tosus, fascia thoracis liturisque elytronuu testaceo-squamosis; 

 fronte impressa, rostro basi bicalloso; thorace disperse, elytris 

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



Caput transversum, disperse punctatum, silaceo-sciuamulo- 

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

 rum capite fere tviplo longius, supra autice planum, basi ob- 

 tuse bicostatura, iusco-tomeutosum, parce setulosum. AntenntB 

 fusco-tomentoscT, nigro-setulosre. Thorax hititudine postica 

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

 late rotundato-productus, pone oculos lobatus, lateribus medio 

 t'uberculoso-dilatatis; supra gibbosus, subremote scrobieulatus, 

 intra marginem apicis foveis tribus impresses, basi lateribus- 

 que tuberculatus, dense testaceo-squamosus, basi apiceque iu?e- 

 qualiter infuscatus, tuberculis denudatis, atris, nitidis. Elytra 

 subovalia, antice basi thoracis non latiora, apice conjuuctim 

 rotundata, dorso convexa, rude rugoso-scrobicuhata, tuberculis, 

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

 in elevationibus dorsi sparsis testacco-squamulosis notata, in 

 singulo tuberculo grano atro, nitido, pnedita. Corpus subtus 

 fnsco-squamosuin, abdoinine maculis lateralibus et in medio 

 seriatis testaceosquamulosis Pedes mediocrcs, testaceo-squanni- 

 losi, fusco-variegati, tenuiter nigro-setulosi. 

 118. Bvachycerus contortiis: oblongo-ovatus, niger, ochraceo-to- 

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

 disperse tuberculato, antice trifoveolato, lateribus angulato-di- 

 latatis; elytris rugoso-scrobiculatis, v(;rrucis tuberculis(|ue seria- 

 tim obsitis. Long. 11, lat. 5^ millim. 



Caput transversum, obsolete punctatum; oculi ovati, de- 

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

 num, a fronte impressione transversa disjunctum, l)asi callis 

 duobus, interduin connatis, singulo apice granulo depresso, 

 atro, uotato, prreditum; ante callos transversim impressura. 

 ■ Antenn?e concolores, fusco-setulosoe. Thorax latitudine postica 

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

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

 qualis, postice lateribusque sat crebre tuberculatus, postice in 

 medio minus distincte canaliculatus, autice trifoveolatus, to- 

 inento fusco subargillaceo vestitus, tuberculis vel granulis 

 Klabris, atris, nitidis. Elytra a" subovalia, $ ovata, autice 



