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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Briichus republican us, Jekel. 
Oblongo-ovatus , niger , obscure cinereo-tomentosus ; antennis subserratis 
pedibusque rujis , femoribus posticis mulicis basi nigris; capite valde 
injlexo cum rostro subdenudato , tenuiter punctulato ; thorace sub- 
conico , lateribus paullo rotundatis, basi sinuato lobatoque , punctis 
rugiformibus sal profundis impresso ; elytris anguste striato-puncta- 
tis , interstitiis tenuiter rugulosis ; pygidio subperpendiculare, convexo. 
Longit. (cap. infl.) 1 lin. = millim. 
Latit. humer. ^ lin. = 1 millim. 
Patria: Insula Corfu. 
Nearly allied in form and size to Br. varius, 01. 
Head oblong-quadrate, convex ; part behind the eyes nearly as long 
as that between them, this latter having a longitudinal ridge, densely 
punctate, black, with a slight dark ashy pile. Eyes semi-lunar, deeply 
emarginate in front, obliquely approaching towards the rostrum, making 
the front subconic. Rostrum shorter and narrower than the head, with a 
small impression in the middle of the base, punctate, black, subglabrous. 
Mandibles somewhat exserted, black, with the apex, as well as the labrum 
and palpi, obscure brown. Antennce elongate, being about two-thirds of 
the length of the body, thick; rufous, paler at the base: 1st joint ovate- 
conic ; 2nd and 3rd very small, subglobose, together scarcely the length of 
the first; 4th to 10th nearly equal in length, gradually more triangular, 
subserrate ou the inside ; terminal joint ovate, obliquely truncate at the 
apex. 
Thorax subconic, shorter than the width of its base ; apex subtruncate, 
nearly half the width of the base; sides rather abruptly roundly dilated 
before the middle, then straight, slightly widened towards the base, which 
is obliquely sinuate, produced in the middle, widely but slightly emarginate 
above the scutellum ; rather convex; coarsely punctate, punctures rugi- 
form ; black, clothed with an ashy-gray pile ; middle of the base above the 
scutellum having a short duplicated line of whitish pubescence. 
Scutellum subtransverse, semicircular, black. 
Elytra obtusely ovate, nearly twice and a half the length of the tho¬ 
rax, and somewhat broader at the base than it; base obliquely truncate 
within for the reception of the produced part of the thorax and the scutel¬ 
lum, then straight, somewhat obliquely produced towards the sides ; shoulders 
