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basi cornu acuto extrorsum ducto utrinque armatum, versus apicem dilatatum, supra planum, grosse scrobi- 
culatum ; antennae squamulosae setosaeque ; prothorax latitudine longitudine fere aequans, lateribus angulato- 
dilatatis, spina acuta armatis, supra convexus, antice in medio rugis duabus sublevibus vel grosse punctatis 
capitis basim superantibus, tertiamque partem disci attingentibus, carinulaque brevi media praeditus, tuber- 
culis rotundatis fere aequalibus subcrebre obsitus ; elytra globosa humeris nullis, convexa, postice retusa, 
conferte seriatim tuberculata, tuberculis fere aequalibus, rotundatis at in series dorsales duas utrinque 
distinctioribus ; pedes rugose granulati, femoribus albo annulatis. 
Long. 13 mm. Lat. 7 — 7 x / 2 mm. 
Hab. Great Namaqualand: Aar Rivier near Kubub, April 1903. 
32. Brachycerus corpulentus Gyll. 
Hab. Little Namaqualand: Steinkopf, July 1904. 
33. Brachycerus comutus L. 
Hab. Little Namaqualand: Steinkopf, July 1904. 
34. Brachycerus difficilis n. sp. 
Niger interstitiis squamis albidis obsitis; antennae elongatae; rostrum capite multo longius, basi 
valide bicornutum, praeter cornua angustatum, deinde ad apicem ampliatum, quadratum, angulis posticis 
antennarum cavitatem superantibus a medio apice sensim devexum, rüde foveolatum, pilis albidis rigidis 
nonnullis ; caput breve, oculi depressi ; prothorax longitudine nonnihil latior, lateribus rotundato-ampliatis, 
supra a basi apice sensim declinatus, basi truncatus, antice ab apice fere ad medium profunde canaliculatus, 
tuberculis verrucaeformibus apice denudatis confertis sed non contiguis obsitus ; elytra elongato-ovata, basi 
prothorace haud latiora, triplo longiora, ad partem posticam nonnihil ampliata, supra modice convexa, apice 
declivia, fere retusa, utrinque 10-fariam tuberculata, tuberculis verruciformibus longe setigeris seriebus dor- 
salibus validioribus, tertia quintaque e tuberculis duplicibus formatis ad suturam magis elevatis, atque callosis 
praedita; pedes dense longeque setosi. 
Long. 18 mm. Lat. 8V 2 — 9 mm - 
Hab. Windhuk, September 1903. 
Belongs to the group of B. corniculatus Gylh. and B. bicallosus. The shape of the rostrum is as in 
the former, but on the prothorax the tubercles are more verrucose and more of the same size, whereas in 
B. corniculatus the hind ones along the base are very much broader than the others. It may however 
prove to be a varietal form of B. asper Oliv. 
Genus Spartecerus. 
35. Spartecerus quadratus Gerst. 
Hab. Kalahari : Lehututu-Kgokong, January 1905. Dr. Schultze's collection contains a Variation of 
this species from Southern Hereroland, September 1903. (The habitat of this species extends from East to 
West in the South African area.) 
36. Spartecerus rudis Fähr. 
Hab. Kalahari: Lehututu-Kgokong, January 1905. 
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