296 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
12. BRACHYPEPLUS PILOSELLUS. 
Oblongus, parallelus, depressus, leviter punctatus, parce breviterque pu- Fig.56. 
bescens; piceo-brunneus, prothoracis lateribus, sutura abdomineque me 
dilutioribus; pedibus testaceis; elytris subcostatis, interstitiis punctatis. 
Long. 1$ lin., lat. 3 lin. 
Habitat in Sierra Leone. 
Oblong, parallel, depressed, slightly punctate; under the microscope it is seen to be 
sparingly sprinkled with short, stiff testaceous hairs ; piceo-brunneous, paler on the sides 
of the thorax, and with the elytra ferrugineo-piceous. Head slightly punctate; mouth 
testaceous. Antenne ferruginous. Thorax slightly punctate, most so on the sides and 
posterior angles, and with short, rather stiff hairs standing in all directions; transverse, 
broader than long, narrower in front, and with the apex scarcely emarginate ; sides gently 
rounded, margined, and reflexed (most widely behind and in front); anterior angles 
obtuse and slightly rounded at the points; posterior angles nearly right angles; base 
truncate, slightly bisinuate, and faintly margined. Scutellum transverse, nearly qua- 
drate, punctate. Elytra subcostate, the interstices feebly rugosely punctate-striate, most 
so towards the base, the costz bearing short hairs; the sides declinate, slightly rounded, 
widest a little behind the middle, margined; the suture and a narrow basal line paler ; 
apex truncate, almost straight, with the sutural and exterior angles rounded. Abdomen 
very faintly punctate and faintly pubescent; fimbriz broad, flat, expanded, and well 
marked, subparallel except on the pygidium, but rather widest behind. Underside 
faintly punctate and pubescent. Legs testaceous. 
This species is interesting from its affinity to B. anceps, the commonest species on the 
opposite coast of South America. It is like it, but smaller, darker, and sparsely clothed 
with stiff hairs; the thorax less parallel, more rounded, and more strongly margined ; 
the scutellum more transverse; the sides of the elytra not so parallel, widened behind 
the middle; and the fimbriz of the abdomen wider, flatter, and more prominent. 
From Sierra Leone and Portuguese Senegal. I am indebted for this species to Mr. 
Pascoe, who has had the kindness to give it up to me, although unique in his collection. 
I have placed it in the British Museum. 
13. BRACHYPEPLUS MUTILATUS. 
Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 246 (1843). 
Ips Brasiliensis (Faldermann, Dej. Cat. 134, ed. 1837). 
Oblongus, subdepressus, niger, subopacus, pube fulvo-grisea depressa sparsim Fig.57° 
vestitus, ore pedibusque-ferrugineis; prothorace ante medium cito angus- [^9 
tiore; scutello transverso ; elytris thorace sesquilongioribus, striatis, inter- 
stitiis seriatim punctatis, basi suturaque testaceis. Long. 2 lin., lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in insulis Indicis occidentalibus. 
Oblong, subdepressed, black, slightly shining, sparingly clothed with a slight, depressed, 
fulvo-griseous pubescence. Antenne ferruginous, with the club piceous. Mouth ferru- 
gmous. Head faintly and sparsely punctured, obsoletely bifoveolate in front. Thorax 
