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obsitis ; elytris ovalibus, rugose punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 rugosis ac parum elevatis, ante apicem plerumque obsolete sub- 

 fasciatis ; antennis pedibusque fere ut in specie prsecedente. 

 Long. Corp. lin. |-1. 



The few examples which I have yet seen of this Homoeodera 

 were, like those of the last, collected by Mr. Melliss. It is 

 apparently a trifle smaller, on the average, than the H. aluta- 

 ceicollis, to which, however, in its somewhat oblong outline 

 and goxioxdl fades it is closely allied. It may nevertheless be 

 recognized from hoth of the preceding species by its head and 

 prothorax being a little less opaque (or nearly as shining as 

 the elytra), and densely studded with large but not particularly 

 deep punctures. Its elytral sculpture is appreciably coarser 

 and rougher than that of alutaceicolUs^ but not so coarse as 

 in rotundipennis. 



Fam. 20. BrucMdae. 



Genus 38. Beuchus. 

 Geoffroy, Ins. de Paris, i. 163 (1762). 



60. Bruchus rufo-hriinneus, n. sp. ? 



B. subquadrato-ovatiis, riifo-brunneiis, elytris clarioribus, subtus 

 dense cinereo, supra inajqualiter fulvescente et cinereo piloso- 

 variegatus, antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, illis versus apicem 

 (saltern in sexu masculo) pedibusque posticis panic obscurioribus ; 

 capite prothoraceque conico dense ruguloso-punctatis, illo fortiter 

 caiinato, hoc in parte media basali macula subquadrata sub- 

 bipartita cinerea notato ; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis ru- 

 gulosis convexis, fasciis 3 obsoletissimis nigrescentibus (interdum 

 cinereo terminatis) intus valde abbreviatis ssepius obscure nebu- 

 loso ornatis ; femoribus posticis denticulis duobus contiguis (e 

 marginibus externo et interno surgentibus) subtus armatis, tibiis 

 posticis ad angulos apicales internes spinis duabus inaequalibus 

 (una sc, prajsertim in sexu masculo, elongata robusta) terminatis. 



Mas antennis multo longioribus, paulo crassioribus, ac intus longe 

 pectinatis ; pedibus anterioribus etiam subgracilioribus longiori- 

 busque. 



Long. corp. lin. circa 1 1 . 



It is with the greatest reluctance that I venture to describe 

 as new several examples of a Bruchus which are now before 

 me, and which were captured by Mr. Melliss at St. Helena, 

 because such a vast majority of the Bruchi hitherto known 

 are so peculiarly liable to accidental importation throughout the 

 civilized world, along with various seeds and fruits, that I cannot 

 but feel it probable tliat.the one now under consideration may 

 have been found in or about the houses and stores, and may 



