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Stirps II. Thorax transversus, subtrapeziformis, angulis anticis rotun¬ 
da t is.— Sch. id. p. 73.* 
Manipulus i. Femora dentata.— Sch. id. 
Centuria II. Thorax lateribus muticus. — Sch . id. p. 85. 
Bruchus dominicanus, Deyrolle, Jelcel. 
Oblongo-ovatus, rufus, interdum nigro-variegatus, antennis pedibusque an¬ 
ticis pallidioribus, subtus pube griseo-albida subsericea supra fla- 
vescente aut fulvescente tectus; oculis nigris; thorace subconico , 
latitudine multo breviore, lateribus paullo rotundatis, supra longitu- 
dinaliter parum convex o, disperse punctato, supra basin utrinque 
transversim foveolisque duabus medio dorsi impresso ; scutello parvo 
subquadrato, medio longitudinaliter parum impresso, apice hand 
ema.rginat.o; elytris ovatis, apice singulatim semicirculariter rotun¬ 
datis, angulo suturali nullo, striis cequaliter distantibus; pygidio 
oblongo-semielliptico, thorace longiore, parum convexo, oblique sub- 
horizontale, basi utrinque impresso. 
Longit. (cap. infl., pygid. excl.) If lin. = 3-^ millim.; cum pygid. 2 lin. 
= 4 t 4 5 millim. 
Latit. infr. hum. f lin. = 2 millim. 
Patria : S. Domingo : Dom. Salle. 
This species very much resembles the Br. obtectus, Say, ( pallidipes, 
Sch.), but it differs in being larger and proportionally more elongate; the 
eyes are much larger, more approximate, making the front narrower; the 
thorax less elongate and convex, more conic ; the scutellum smaller, less 
quadrate and impressed; the elytra more elongate, less abruptly dilated 
behind the shoulders, more narrowed posteriorly, with the apex more 
rounded, the striae subequally distant ; the pygidium more elongate, longer 
than the thorax, oblique-subhorizontal, scarcely bent at the apex, &c., &c., 
independently of a different colour of the ground and pile. 
* Schonherr placed in this Stirps species having the thorax nearly 
conic ( Br. humeralis, pallidipes, &c.) and not at all subtrapeziform : hence 
I regard these three species (< dominicanus , obtectus and palealus) as belong¬ 
ing properly to the first Stirps. 
