BRACHYCERUS GLOBOSUS. Ovatus niger, rostro varioloso, subcarinato, medio
bifoviolato, basi bi-tuberculato, thorace utrinque spinoso, quinque
sulcato, postice truncato, elytris lævibus. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
SYN. Curculio Globosus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2.
413. _No._ 6. _Oliv. Ent. V._ 82. _p._ 47. _No._ 6. _t._ 2. _f._ 10.
_Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 1. 392. _No._ 9.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
{65}Head black, long, and rough above. Antennæ short, gradually
increasing in size from the base. Thorax black, and very rough; each side
terminating in a thick spine or tubercle. Elytra black, smooth, and
round, and reaching so far down the sides of the abdomen as almost to
meet underneath, being rather longer than the head and thorax. Femora and
tibiæ partly black, and partly of a dirty orange; being covered in
several parts with a kind of pile of the colour last mentioned. Scutellum
obsolete. Each of the ungues furnished with a spine.