188 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Brachyderina. 
European catalogue of Heyden Reitter and Weise, for instance, it in- 
cludes Polydrusus, Sitones, Trachyphleus and other genera which are 
now separated from it; as here constituted it contains a few genera 
whose members are for the most part small or moderately sized thick-set 
insects, which differ from the preceding tribe by having the scrobes 
jateral and directed inferiorly and the second joint of the club of the 
antenne about equal to the first, and from all that follow by the forma- 
tion of the side pieces of the mesosternum ; the latter character will be 
found to separate Barypeithes sulcifrons, Boh. (which is regarded by 
Duval as the type species of the genus) from our other two species 
B. araneiformis (brunnipes) and B. pellucidus ; a new generic name is 
therefore required for the latter species, which must accordingly be 
retained among the Brachyderina under the genus Hromias, Bedel, the 
genus Barypeithes proper being referred to the Phyllobiina. 
I. Eyes small and very prominent; vertex of head con- 
stricted ; scape of untennze not reaching beyond the level 
of theeyes. . . « . SrroprHosomus, Steph. 
II. Eyes moderate, not or + only slightly prominent ; vertex 
of head not constricted ; ; scape of antennz reaching be- 
yond the posterior margin of the eyes. 
i, Femora simple; third joint of the funiculus of the 
antennee globose or transverse. 
1. Elytra glabrous or covered with long fine outstanding 
hairs. 
A. Scrobes deflexed on lower part . . . . . . Exomras, Bedel. 
B. Scrobes not deflexed . . . Omtas, Schon. 
2. Elytra with coarse and stout outstanding scale- like 
sets. Bracuysomus, Steph. 
ii, Femora toothed beneath ; ; ‘third ‘joint ‘of ‘funiculus of 
antennz oblong or elongate. 
1. Anterior coxz placed much nearer to the anterior 
margin of the thorax than to the posterior; elytra 
without raised sete2 . . . Ecsomts, Germ. 
2, Anterior coxe placed at about equal distances from 
the anterior and posterior margins of thorax; elytra 
with raised scale-like sete on “the interstices - . . SCIAPHILUS, Steph. 
STROPHOSOMUS, Schonherr. 
This genus, according to the Munich catalogue, contains fifty-two 
species, the majority of which are recorded as from Hurope, representa- 
tives also being mentioned from Morocco, South Africa, Ceylon and 
Peru ; in the European catalogue of Heyden Reitter and Weise, thirty- 
three species are recorded from Europe alone, of which fourteen belong 
to the sub-genus Weliocarus, Thoms. ; Bedel, however, although he also 
includes the latter sub-genus, reckons only about thirty species altogether, 
all of which are confined to the west of Europe and the Morocco district, 
except one (S. albolineatus, Seidl.), which occurs in Russia and Austria, 
and may be generically distinct ; they are short, dull-looking, brownish 
or greyish insects, with the elytra subglobose and with the eyes ex- 
