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5. Byesops spinicollis, Wied. 

 Brachycerus spinicollis, Wied., Germ. Mag., iv., p. 161 (1821). 

 Byrsops spinicollis, Boh., Schonh. Gen. Curc.,vi.,2, p. 405 (1842). 



Long. 6}-7 ; lat. 3f-4 mm. 



Colour uniform light earthy brown, the elytra with two sutural 

 spots of light or dark velvet brown scaling, viz., a small one at the 

 base and a much larger ovate spot rather before the middle. The 

 head and prothorax with scattered short, thick, erect setae. 



Head apparently impunctate and without frontal carinas. Rostrum 

 similarly smooth and impunctate, the dorsal margins rounded. Pro- 

 thorax dorsally broader than long, rather more transverse in the ? , 

 the sides strongly rounded in the middle and much narrowed towards 

 base and apex (especially in the ^ ) ; upper surface indistinctly 

 punctured, almost smooth and without any central furrow, the 

 apical transverse impression without foveae. Elytra short ovate, 

 the shoulders rounded (more prominent in $ ), the sides moderately 

 ampliated, the apical declivity rounded dorsally ; upper surface with 

 irregular, large, and often subreticulate punctures ; intervals 6, 4 

 and the apical half of 2 with separated rounded tubercles, those at 

 the top of the declivity being no larger than the others ; interval 3 

 with an oblique basal tubercle or callus, 5 with only a rounded 

 humeral tubercle ; inflexed margins with regular rows of large 

 punctures. Legs with light brown scaling and darker spots, the 

 setae/ sparse, short, and erect; tarsi stout, posterior pair with 

 joint 1 scarcely longer than 2, intermediate pair with joint 2 

 subquadrate. 



Cape Colony. 



Type in the Copenhagen Univ. Museum (coll. Westermann). 



I have not seen the type, but my identification is based on an 

 example in Schonherr's collection which was given to him by 

 Westermann. I have examined also 2 examples in the British, 

 and 3 in the Paris Museum. This species may be readily recog- 

 nised by the thick thoracic setae, in conjunction with the absence of 

 the mesosternal tubercle. 



6. Byesops sphodea. Boh. 



B. sphodrus, Boh., I.e. p. 402 (1842). 



B. plumhea, Pasc, I.e. p. 325, pi. xi., fig. 7 (1887). 



Long. 5-8f ; lat. 2f-5 mm. 



Colour grey or light brown, thorax sometimes with two darker 

 discal stripes and with an irregular pure white lateral spot, elytra 



