Order: Coleoptera. Section: Rhyncophora. Family: Curculionidæ. Subfamily: Brachycerides.
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 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.