new species of Brachycerus. 15 



larger and bearing numerous longer setae ; body beneath shortly 

 setose, legs with longer setae ; no spur on the posterior tibia?. 



Brachycerus draco. (PL II., fig. 4). 



B. ovatus, nigro-fuscus, squamulis subaureis vestitus ; rostrum 

 elongatum, antice longitudinaliter excavatum ; prothorax sub- 

 transversus, lateraliter fortiter angulatus, disco sparse punctatus ; 

 elytra ampliata, triseriatim tuberculata, tuberculis setis plurimis 

 subaureis coronatis, interstitiis fortiter foveatis et sparse setosis ; 

 tarsis elongatis. Long. 9 lin. 



Hab. Natal. 



A dark brown species, but, as seen Tinder a lens, clothed with 

 minute rufous scales having a golden tint in certain lights. 

 Rostrum long, with an elevated margin on each side contiguous at 

 the base, marked off from the head by a slight groove, no super- 

 ciliary ridge ; prothorax sub transverse, angularly produced at the 

 sides, the angle obliquely sloped anteriorly, the side anterior to the 

 angle constricted, the apex truncate, with an oblong depression 

 above, the disc with large shallow punctures ; no ocular lobes ; 

 elytra broadly rounded at the sides, each with three rows of 

 tubercles ; tubercles of the inner and intermediate rows mostly 

 depressed, the outer row and declivity composed of conical 

 tubercles, all tipped with a fasciculus of long recumbent rufous 

 golden-tinted setae; body beneath and legs densely squamulose ; 

 tarsi elongate, especially the claw -joint. 



Brachycerus turbatus. (PL II., fig. 5). 



B. sat breviter ovatus, nigro-fuscus; rostrum breviusculum, 

 dimidio apicali reticulato, basi lobis duobus rnunitum ; prothorax 

 transversus, lateraliter obtuse angulatus ; elytra amplia, tuberculis 

 granulisque minutis tecta. Long. 8 lin. 



Hah. Natal 



A dull dark brown species, with a bluntly angular prothorax, 

 and the elytra tuberculate, with the ordinary squamosity not very 

 evident. Rostrum rather short, the apical half broad and unequally 

 reticulate anteriorly, the base with two oblong tubercles ; head 

 marked off by a slight groove, no superciliary ridges ; prothorax 

 moderately transverse, bluntly angular at the sides, an oblong 

 excavation at the apex, disc uneven, tubercles few, not conspicuous, 

 some with a glossy black point ; elytra broadly rounded at the 

 sides, roughly and rather closely covered with many large tubercles, 

 with smaller ones between, and scattered minute glossy black 



