new species of Brachycerus. 9 



covered with numerous granules, the intervals squamose and 

 setiferous ; tarsi robust. 



Brachycerus suturalis. (PL I., tig. 2). 



B. oblongo-ovatus, fuscus, regione suturali dense albido-squa- 

 moso ; rostrum modice elongatum, basi bituberculatum ; prothorax 

 globosus rude punctatus, apice tumidus ; elytra ovalia, apice 

 singulorum calloso, supra lineis elevatis nodulosis instructa. Long. 

 6 lin. 



Hah. Algoa Bay. 



This species has a comparatively narrow outline ; the upper part 

 is pitchy, with a sprinkling of minute whitish scales, but a patch 

 on the shoulders and the sutural region densely covered with larger 

 scales. Rostrum moderately elongate, slightly concave and punc- 

 tured in front, the base with two erect tubercles, the head separated 

 by a deep depression ; prothorax raised much above its base, 

 rounded and tuberculate at the sides, disc rudely and irregularly 

 punctured, and a deep depression behind the apex ; elytra slightly 

 rounded at the sides, on each five rows of raised nodulose lines, the 

 intervals lightly pitted, three round spots composed of short densely 

 packed hairs along the basal half of the third line, a smooth callus 

 at the apex of each elytron ; body beneath and legs reddish brown, 

 clothed with small silvery scales ; tarsi moderately stout. 



Brachycerus eximius. (PL I., fig. 3). 

 B. oblongo-ovatus, nigro-tuberculatus, squamositate cinna- 

 momea. luteo-plagiata, ornatus ; rostrum breviusculum, basi 

 bituberculatum, antice punctis sparsis impressum ; prothorax 

 elevatus, apice in loins duobus producto ; elytra tuberculata, 

 regione suturali maculis conspicuis lacteis ornata. Long. 6 lin. 

 Hah. Cape. 



A very pretty species with black glossy tubercles studding the 

 upper parts, the intervals clothed with a cinnamon-coloured 

 squamosity, varied by a narrow median stripe and a short lateral 

 one on the prothorax, and three nearly connected milk-white 

 patches on the sutural region, extending from the base to the apex. 

 Rostrum short, not stout, two approximate tubercles towards the 

 base, the head marked off by a narrow line; prothorax raised 

 much above its base, tuberculate, each tubercle with a glossy 

 granuliform tip, the apex bifid and projected on the head, the eyes 

 lying beneath ; elytra slightly rounded on the sides, punctures on 

 the scutellar region filled with scales, sides with glossy mammilli- 

 i'oim tubercles, each tipped with a recumbent seta; body beneath 



