new species of Br achy cents. 11 



Brachycerus (»»issiis. (PI. I., fig. 6) 

 B. sat breviter ovatus, squamositate laxa fusca vestitus ; rostrum 

 breve, in medio leviter excavatum, caput supra oculos fortiter 

 cristatum; prothorax rugoso-punctatus, lateraliter spinosus ; elytra 

 ampliata, irregulariter foveata, postice et ad latera tuberculata. 

 Long. r>-h- lin. 



Hah. Damara-land. 



Somewhat like B. subfasclatus, Gyll., but differing in rostrum, 

 sculpture, kc. Rostrum short, largely but not deeply excavated in 

 front, not marked off from the head, an oblong ridge above the 

 eyes, which are nearly covered in repose by the large ocular lobes ; 

 prothorax rather broader than long, rounded at the apex, irregu- 

 larly rugose above, the sides with a conspicuous conical tubercle ; 

 elytra subglobose, strongly pitted, the intervals at the sides, and 

 especially on the declivity, raised into conical tubercles, each of 

 which are tipped with a short seta; legs with pale ashy and 

 brownish scales ; tarsi rather short. The upper parts are covered 

 with a sparse ragged squamosity mixed with a few minute scales. 



Brachycerus fixator. (PI. I., fig. 7). 



B. oblongo-ovatus, nigrescens; rostrum vix elongatum, basi 

 constrictum et alte bicornutum, inter oculos adscendens ; pro- 

 thorax transvei'sus, apice producto et incrassato, lateraliter tubercu- 

 latus ; elytra lineatim tuberculata, interstitiis foveis quadratis 

 impressis. Long. '•> lin. 



Hab. Damara-land. 



A dark-coloured, middle-sized species, rather depressed above, 

 with a very pale greyish squamosity. Rostrum moderately long, 

 narrow at the base, continued to the vertex, and conspicuously 

 raised between the eyes, at the base an elevated spiniform 

 tubercle on each side, expanding towards the apex into a large 

 triangular process ; prothorax transverse, nearly as broad as the 

 elytra, produced and rounded at the apex, covered with numerous 

 glossy granules, but leaving a slight trace of a median groove, on 

 each side three or four tubercles; elytra moderately rounded at 

 the sides, each with about six rows of rather small tubercles, the 

 interstices with well-marked quadrangular pits, the suture on each 

 side with a row of granules, tubercles on the third row raised and 

 crowded at the base, leaving the scutellar region depressed; body 

 beneath and legs covered with pale greyish or whitish scales ; tarsi 

 elongate. 



B. lobaticollis, Per., seems — from the figure — to be 

 allied to this species. 



