244. MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
species (if it be a species), but shared by Brachypterus Urtice, B. pubescens, and most of 
the other species. 
From Carthagena in Spain. 
9. BRAcuvPTERUS LUCASII. 
B. pubescens, (Schüppell, ined.) Lucas, Explor. Scient. de l'Algérie, Zool. ii. 219 (1849). 
Ater, flavo pilosus; capite thoraceque punctatis ; elytris fortiter granariis. Long. $ lin., 
lat. + lin. 
Habitat in Algeria. 
Much smaller than B.cinereus. Black; clothed with yellow hairs, longish and sparingly 
scattered. Head punctate, the punctures small, close, and very deeply impressed; mouth 
black; the antennze black, and each article sparingly sprinkled with longish yellow hairs. 
Thorax broader than long, rounded anteriorly and posteriorly, as well as the sides, which 
are dilated and very lightly edged ; it is sprinkled with rather large rounded punctures 
tolerably deeply marked, and less close than those on the head. Scutellum smooth. 
Elytra convex and strongly shagreened. The underside of the body as well as the legs 
are of the same colour as above, and clothed with scattered longish yellowish hairs. 
M. Lucas has described this species under the name of .B. pubescens, forgetting that that 
name was already preoccupied. I have been obliged, therefore, to give it another name, 
and I have thought I could not do better than dedicate it to that amiable naturalist 
himself. 
From Algeria. 
10. BRACHYPTERUS ROTUNDICOLLIS. 
Piceus, subzeneus, nitidus, punctatus, griseo pubescens ; thorace coleopteris paulo angus- 
tiore, lateribus rotundato ; elytris sat longis et angustis; ore et antennis rufis, clava 
fusca; pedibus testaceis. Long. 1 lin., lat. 4 lin. 
Habitat in Syria et Europa meridionali. 
Piceous, with a slight brassy hue, shining, densely punctate, clothed with a long griseous 
pubescence. Thorax slightly narrower than the elytra, with the sides and all the angles 
rounded ; the sides scarcely (if at all) expanded, and not sinuate. Elytra not very convex, 
rather long. The antennze (except the club, which is fuscous), mouth, and legs rufous. 
Pygidium and posterior angles of the penultimate segment alone exposed. 
Found in Syria, Germany, &c. 
11. BRnAcHYPTERUS TROGLODYTES. 
Piceus, subzeneus, nitidus, tenuiter griseo pubescens, punctatus ; thorace lateribus rotun- 
dato, angulis posticis obtusis, rotundatis, haud sinuatis, explanatis; elytris humeris 
prominentibus, apice oblique truncato. Long. $ lin., lat. 2 lin. 
Habitat in California. 
About the size of B. Urtice ; it is allied to it, but may be distinguished from it by 
the sides of the thorax not being sinuate behind. It is piceous, with a faint brassy 
tinge, shining, punctate, clothed with a slight griseous pubescence. The head has an 
