Genera of Wintfless Biacliyderiiuo. 11 



/Av/f/ M illi :i short loiif^itudinal iinprcssioii on each side 

 a<lj()iiiiii<; the supra-umihir ridjie, the vertex ti'aiisverselv 

 iiiipressiul ; eves very convex, deepest sli<j;htly behind the 

 niiddh". Rostrum as h)ng as its hasal width, tlic (h)r8al area 

 hroadest at the l)asc and jiradually narrowed in front, with 

 a shallow central impression containinjj a low scale-covered 

 carina, on each sich; of it an obli(iiie furrow niiinin<; from 

 near the centre of the i)asc to the middle of the di^k, and 

 Ijcyond this aj^ain an ineirnlar shallow longitudinal im- 

 ))ression ; as seen from above the posterior angles of the 

 {ifeujE project strongly outwards, about three-fourths as far 

 as the eyes. Anteinue with joint 1 of the funicle distinctlv 

 longer than 2, 3 as long as broad, 4—0 bead-like and trans- 

 verse, 7 Ifjnger and broader. Protliorax much broader than 

 hjug, truncate at tlie apex, the l)ase gently arcuate and as 

 broad as the apex, the basal angles rounded off, the sides 

 moderately rounded, bnadest about the middle, the apical 

 constricti(jn shallow ; the upper surface scrobicnlate, set 

 with low confluent tubercles, and with an irregular central 

 fni-ro\v. Elijlra subcjuadrate, nearlv as broad as long (.'i', x 

 -1 mm.), the sides almost parallel from the subhnnieral 

 piominence to beyond the middle, the basal margin raised, 

 bioadly rounded behind; with very shallow furrows con- 

 taining rows of punctures that aie more or less irregular 

 and duplicated, except near the suture and extreme lateral 

 margins ; the intervals lather uneven and set with irregular 

 rows of short, stout, erect sctaj ; the scales small, closely over- 

 lapping, pointed, and deeply Huted. 



Length o-6 mm., breadth 3-3^ mm. 



FoRTUGUESE E. Afkica : Caia, Zambesi H. (Dr. //. 

 Sic ale). 



Describe. I from three specimens. 



In addition to the characters given in tlic key, B. r/rani- 

 coltis. Boh., dift'ers in being a distinctly narrower insect, 

 the eyes are larger, the genai are scarcely visible from above, 

 and the setie on the elytra are longer and more numercjus. 



Bradyljiuiwn reyuluris, s[). n. 



? . Colour black, with unifoiin earth-brown scaling. 



Head not transversely impressed on the vertex, the 

 forehead with lateral impressions ; eyes relatively large, 

 not very convex, deepest behind the middle. Rustrum sub- 

 {[uadrate, about as long as broad, tiie sides parallel and 

 vertical, so that the genie arc scarcely visible from abo\ e ; 

 the upper surface with two median sidci, which diverge 



