72 M. L. Peringuey 's Third Contribution [March 30, 



342. B. incommodus. spec. nov. 



Ovatus, niger, prothorace, elytris in dorso, subtusque dense ochraceo- 

 squarmosis ; capite profunde impresso, prothorace utrinque spinoso, 

 rugis duabus dorsalibus carinulam includentibus in medio ; elytris 

 ovatis, convexis, rugose punctatis, postice lateraliterque acute granosis. 



Long. 16-19, lat. ll-12 mm . 



Ovate, black, with the sides of the prothorax, the dorsal part of the 

 elytra, the pectus, the sides of the abdominal segments and a ring 

 round the tibias covered with ochraceous scales ; rostrum long, 

 excavated at the base and on the head, with the outer sides raised ; 

 prothorax with the sides produced in an acute spine, rugose, slightly 

 tufeerculated laterally and with a median very deep impression discon- 

 nected in the middle, the anterior part much raised and orbicular, the 

 posterior one nearly straight, in the centre of the excavation a short 

 raised line ; elytra ovate, sometimes a little elongated, irregularly 

 foveated, acutely granulose behind ; on the dorsal part are faint traces 

 of a double series of small granules hidden however by the scales 

 which are denser there than on the outer sides of the disk. 



Shape and size of B. Westermani, Fahr. and B. intermedins, Pering., 

 but the prothorax and elytra are differently sculptured. 



343. B. tursio. Pascoe. 



Recorded from nowhere else but Damaraland. 



344. B. squamosus. Pering. 



„ from Damaraland. 



345. B. phlyctoenoides. Pascoe. 



Differs from. B. granifer. Fahr. only in having the granules of the 

 elytra somewhat larger. 



„ from Hereroland (Damaraland). Coll. Dohrn. — and 



<Gruinea. teste Pascoe. 



346. B. natalensis. Fahr. 



„ from the Transvaal and Zambeze. 



347. B. adustus. spec. nov. 



Oblongo-ovatus, niger, sub-squamosus ; rostro elo?igato, c?*asso, a 

 eapite profunde disjuncto, oculis sub-depressis palpebris elevatis ; 

 prothorace tuber culato lateribus acute spinosis, medio fovea profunda 

 carinulam includente impresso ; elytiis elongatis, crebre granulosis, 



