10 Mr. Pascoe's descriptions of souk- 



and legs closely covered with cinnamon-coloured scales ; tarsi 

 moderately stout. 



Brachycerus disjunctus. (PI. I., fig. 4). 



B. sat breviter ovatus, saturate fuscus, scutello, suturte basi, 

 macula triangulari et alteris duabus apicalibus, bumerisque dense 

 niveo-squamosis; prothorax cum elytris fortiter tuberculatus. 

 Long. 3£ lin. 



Hab. Damara-land. 



A small dark brown or nearly black species, with a conspicuous 

 white triangular spot just bebind the middle of the elytra. Rostrum 

 not marked off from the head, somewhat elongate, comparatively 

 narrow, the base with two oblong ridges — nearly continuous with 

 those above the eyes — and between them a deep depression ; pro- 

 thorax about as long as broad, broadly grooved throughout, the 

 apex with two conspicuous tubercles ; elytra somewhat globose, 

 about twice the length of the prothorax, each with three rows of 

 large conical tubercles, the intervals strongly pitted, sutivral line at 

 the base, a large triangular spot behind the middle, a still larger 

 oblong spot at the apex on each side, and the shoulders covered 

 with white scales ; last three segments of the abdomen black ; legs 

 with black setae. 



Brachycerus capita. (PL L, fig. 5). 



B. brevis, squarnositate pallide grisea tectus ; rostrum crassurn, 

 gibbosum, apice bituberculatuin, a capite sulco profunde dis- 

 junctum ; prothorax brevis, rude irregulariter impressus, lateraliter 

 rotundatus et tuberculatus ; elytra subglobosa, tuberculis mammil- 

 liformibus lineatim instructa. Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Cape. 



A short, thick-set, pale greyish species, with a broad head and 

 large eyes, each lying under a horizontal ridge. Rostrum sepa- 

 rated from the head by a deep groove, thick gibbous or curved 

 in front, reticulately pitted, and the apex bituberculate ; prothorax 

 short, roughly and irregularly pitted, sides rounded, apex truncate, 

 and ocular lobes prominent ; scutellum transversely triangular ; 

 elytra nearly globose, scutellar region strongly reticulate, the sides 

 and posterior half with prominent mammilliform tubercles, each 

 tipped with from one to three or four seta.' ; first abdominal 

 segment, except its interfemoral process, not observable; legs 

 with lungish seta;, as well as the abdomen ; tarsi elongate. 



