GENUS. BRACHYCERUS, _Fabr._ Curculio, _Linn. &c._ BRACHYCERUS ORNATUS. Ovatus, niger thoracis dorso valde inæquali sculpturato, spinâ laterali obtusâ tuberculatâ, elytris seriatim tuberculatis, interjectis maculis subimpressis rotundatis ferrugineo squamosis, femoribus puncto rufo-squamoso. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 9 lin.) SYN. Curculio ornatus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. Brachycerus apterus, _Herbst. Col._ 7. _p._ 75. _No._ 1. _t._ 101. _f._ 1. Brachycerus granosus, _Schonherr Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 1. _p._ 387. _No._ 2.? HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). Cape of Good Hope (_Schonherr_). Head very short and entirely occupied by the eyes, which are black and meet underneath. From this part issues a strong thick beak, black and rough, with the antennæ placed in the middle; the upper part being full of small holes or punctures. Thorax dark red, with a number of black excrescences on {67}the middle and sides; the latter ending in two thick pointed tubercles. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra dark red, and full of black round tubercles, some very small, others larger, placed longitudinally in striæ, extending so low along the sides, as nearly to meet underneath. Legs black and full of punctures. Thighs streaked with red. Tarsi brown underneath. HIPPORHINUS? MURICATUS. Plate XXXIV. fig. 4. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ, SUBFAMILY: Entimides? GENUS. HIPPORHINUS, _Schonherr_. Curculio p. _Drury_. HIPPORHINUS? MURICATUS. Fuscus; thorace cylindrico nigro-pustulato; elytris marginatis, striatis, interstitiis tuberculis elevatis rotundatis seriatim dispositis; femoribus ad apicem dente magno obtuso armatis. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.) SYN. Curculio muricatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Bay of Honduras, America (_Drury_). Head small. Eyes entirely surrounding the head, meeting underneath and at top. Beak long, black, and slender, the antennæ being placed near the extremity. Thorax brown, cylindrical, and covered with a great number of small black pustules. Scutellum triangular. Elytra brown, margined, and striated or furrowed; being thick beset with a great number of high, round pustules, regularly placed in rows from the thorax to the anus; some being large, others very small. Femora furnished near the tips with a thick obtuse spine. Tibiæ with a single smaller spur. SAGRA FEMORATA. Plate XXXIV. fig. 5. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Eupoda. FAMILY: Crioceridæ, _Leach_. GENUS. SAGRA, _Fabricius_. Tenebrio p. _Drury_. SAGRA FEMORATA. Viridi-ænea, femoribus tibiisque posticis dentatis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.) SYN. Tenebrio femoratus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Mant._ 1. _p._ 66. (Alurnus f.) _Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 26. 1. (Sagra f.) _Herbst. Col._ 7. 266. _t._ 112. _f._ 6. _Weber Obs. Ent. p._ 60. 1. Tenebrio viridis, _Sulzer Gesch. der Ins. t._ 7. _f._ 8. HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). India (_Fabricius_).