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obsitis ; eMris ovalibus, rugose punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 rugosis ac parum elevatis, ante apicem plerumque obsolete sub- 

 fasciatis ; antennis pedibusque fere ut in specie praecedente. 

 Long. Corp. lin. |-1. 



The few examples which I have yet seen of this Homceodera 

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

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

 ceicolh's, to which, however, in its somewhat oblong outline 

 and general /aci'e^ it is closely allied. It may nevertheless be 

 recognized from both of the preceding species by its head and 

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

 the el>i:ra), and densely studded with large but not particularly 

 deep punctures. Its elytral sculpture is appreciably coarser 

 and rougher than that of alutaceicollisj but not so coarse as 

 in rotundipennis. 



Fam. 20. BrucMdae. 



Genus 38. Bruchus. 

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



60. Bruchus rufo-hrunneuSj n. sp. ? 



B. subquadrato-ovatus, mfo-bnmneus, elytris clarioribus, subtus 

 dense cinereo, supra insequaliter folvescente et cinereo piloso- 

 variegatus, antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, illis versus apicem 

 (saltern in sexu masculo) pedibusque posticLs paulo obscurioribus ; 

 capite prothoraceque conico dense ruguloso-punctatis, illo fortiter 

 carinato, 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 abbre\-iati.s saepius obscure nebu- 

 loso ornatis ; femoribus posticis denticulis duobus contiguis (e 

 marginibus extemo et interne surgentibus) subtus armatis, tibiis 

 posticis ad angiilos apicales internes spinis duabus intequalibus 

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



Mas antennis multo longioribus, paulo crassioribus, ac intus longe 

 pectinatis ; pedibus anterioribus etiam subgracilieribus longiori- 

 busque. 



Long. Corp. lin. circa IJ. 



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 A^arious seeds and fruits, that I cannot 

 but feel it probable that the one now under consideration may 

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



