188 Riii'NCHOpnoRA. [Bracliyderina. 



European catalogue of Heyden Reitter and Weise, for instance, it in- 

 cludes Polydrusus, Sitones, Tracliypldoeus 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 

 lateral and directed inferiorly and the second joint of the club of the 

 antennas 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 Barypeitlies 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 Exomias, Bedel, the 

 genus Barypeitlies proper being referred to the Phyllobiina. 



I. Eyes small and very prominent ; vertex of head con- 

 stricted ; scape of antennae not reaching beyond the level 



of the eyes STBOPHOSOMUS, Steph. 



II. Eyes moderate, not or only slightly prominent; vertex 

 of head not constricted ; scape of antennae reaching be- 

 yond the posterior margin of the eyes. 



i. Femora simple ; third joint of the funiculus of the 

 antennae globose or transverse. 



1. Elytra glabrous or covered with long fine outstanding 



hairs. 



A. Scrobes deflexed on lower part EXOMIAS, Bedel. 



B. Scrobes not deflexed OMIAS, Schon. 



2. Elytra with coarse and stout outstanding scale-like 



setaa BBACHYSOJIUS, Steph. 



ii. Femora toothed beneath ; third joint of funiculus of 

 antennae oblong or elongate. 



1. Anterior coxae placed much nearer to the anterior 

 margin of the thorax than to the posterior; elytra 



without raised setae ECSOMUS, Germ. 



2. Anterior coxso placed at about equal distances from 

 ' -the anterior and posterior margins of thorax ; elytra 



with raised scale-like setse 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 Europe, 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 Neliocarus, Thorns. ; 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 subglobosc and with the eyes ex- 



