Bradyrhynchus

Rostrum brevissimum, medio haud impressum; oculi convexi. Tarsi parvi; tibiæ posteriores truncatura apicali parva, extus simplices nullo modo incrassatæ, angulo inferiore mucrone tenui armato.

This genus is proposed for three species, which it is better to separate from Epicæruson account of the above characters. Very few Otiorhynchidæ have so short and broad a rostrum. The eyes are surrounded by a slender depression, and close to them on each side there is a short depression to represent the lateral groove of Epicærus, but no median groove. The absence of any incrassation of the hind tibia external to the ciliæ would cause the insect to be placed in Lacordaire's series with open corbels; the insertion of the tarsi, according to Horn's phraseology, is intermediate between terminal and lateral. The scrobes are deep, arcuate, and moderately broad and definite, and the pterygia—although the rostrum is so broad

—can be seen from the front.
 
Bradyrhynchus is the nearest approximation in our fauna to the N. American Graphorhinus as defined by Horn and Leconte.