212 MANDlliULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



transverse, broadest behind, with the hinder angles acuminated, above convex, 

 the sides rounded, with the anterior angles compressed : elytra oblong-qua- 

 drate, with the apex obtusely rounded, above very convex : legs short : tarsi 

 short, stout : body short, ovate, stout. 



The abbreviated, stout, tarsi of Bracliytarsus, combined witli its 

 sbort, abruptly clavate antennse, acuminated posterior angles of the 

 thorax, of which the disc is very convex, exclusively of other cha- 

 racters and general habit, sufficiently distinguish the genus from 

 its allies : — the species appear to be parasitic. 



Sp. 1. scabrosus. Niger, elytris punctato-striatis rufis, inter stitiis alternis eleva- 

 tioribus,fasciculis atro-holosericeis albidisque alternantibus tessellatis. (Long. 

 Corp. Ig— 2i Hn.) 



An. scabrosus. Fabricius. — Br. scabrosus. Steph. Catal. 193. N'o. 1992. 



Black, head opaque: forehead rugose-punctate: thorax varied with fuscous: 

 elytra rufous, punctate-striate, the alternate interstices slightly elevated, tes- 

 sellated with oblong silken black and ashy-white spots, the suture and outer 

 margins fuscescent : antennse and legs pitchy-black. 



Rather local, but not uncommon in several places within the me- 

 tropolitan district, where elms abound, especially in Copenhagen- 

 fields, and at Ripley. " Wood Ditton." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Not 

 common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. varius. Nigro-fuscus opacus, thorace cinereo-lineato, elyti'is maculis 



cinereis subquadratis tessellatis. (Long. corp. 1 — 2 Un.) 

 An. varius. Fabricius. — Br. varius. Steph. Catal. 193. No. 1993. 



Dusky-Z>/acA;, opaque : forehead rugose-punctate, pubescent : thorax thickly 

 rugose-punctate, with several lines and two spots on the disc of ashy-white : 

 scutellum ashy- white ; elytra punctate-striate, with the interstices flat and 

 very finely rugose, the alternate ones varied with alternate spots of subquadrate 

 black and ashy pile disposed in rows : legs pitchy-black, pubescent. 



Very rare near London ; I possess a pair captured on some firs 

 near Ripley: it appears to be more frequent in the north. 



Genus CCCLVII. — Bruchus, Geoffrey. 



Antenna; curved, stout, filiform, a little thickening towards the apex, compressed, 

 sometimes serrated, inserted in the sinus of the eye ; the basal joint striate, 

 the second and third small, the remainder gradually increasing in size. Head 

 exserted, deflexed, slightly produced in front, a little narrowed behind : palpi 

 unequal : eyes lunate, prominent : thorax transverse, subtrapeziform, with the 



