COLEOPTERA. 
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Longit. (cap. infl. cum pygid. subperpend.) 1^—l|lin. = 3^—3 T 4 0 rnillim. 
Latit. infr. hum. f —f lin. = 1 T |—1 T 8 3 millim. 
Patria: America Septentrionalis (Nov. Orleans), Ins. Antilles, Colum¬ 
bia, Brasilia, &c. 
Syn. —Bruchus obtectus, Say, Descr. of Curcul. of North America , p. 1, 
2. (Louisiana.) 
———- pallidipes, (Chevr.) Sch. t. v. p. 91. (Havanna.) 
--- acanthocnemus, Dej . Catal. 1837, p. 253. (Buenos 
Ayres.) 
This widely distributed species, of which I have seen a number of 
specimens, varies very little in coloration and size; the North-American 
specimens are, however, somewhat smaller There might be added to 
Fahraeus’s description many unnoticed characters, of which I think it suf¬ 
ficient to point out the following:— 
Head having between the eyes a longitudinal ridge, and another trans¬ 
verse behind them, to which the former is joined, as in Br. dominicanus, 
above described, but the latter is not angularly connected to the former, as 
in that species. 
Thorax having its basal lobe widely truncate and emarginate in the 
middle, with three longitudinal impressions, one in the middle elongate* 
thin, canaliform, the two others on each side of this lobe shorter and wider. 
The sides of the base are subtruncate, with an obsolete impression above 
them not far from the angles. Lateral sides shortly emarginate above the 
angles. 
Scutellum emarginate at the apex, longitudinally impressed. 
Elytra with the strife approximating in pairs, covered with a grayish 
or ashy fulvous pile, which, sublinearly condensed and interrupted, leaves 
between these interruptions fuscous spots, forming a sort of tessellation* 
often obsolete. 
Pygidium generally black or pitchy, sometimes rufous; covered with 
a pile lighter than on the other upper parts, condensed in a longitudinal 
whitish line along the middle. 
Posterior thighs armed beneath near the apex with an acute tooth, to 
which are added behind two crenulations or minute teeth. 
Ohs. —This species is not better placed here by Schonherr than his 
humeralis (which he had formerly placed in the Stirps I.), its thorax 
being nearly conic, its general shape also pertaining to the Stirps I. 
