200 A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



blackish towards the base. Abdomen above subovate, slightly 

 gibbous, strongly depressed posteriorly ; lateral margins of the 

 elytra convex; surface of the elytra covered with strong, waved, 

 undulating rugosities and coarsely punctate, but not quite 

 extending to their apices. Sternum very coarsely punctate and 

 subrugulose; abdomen beneath glabrous, shining black, some- 

 what coarsely punctate. 



Long. 12 millim. Pretoria. 



Allied to A. undatus, Haag., but differing by the distinct 

 pattern and sculpturing of the elytra. (IT. L. D.} 



Fam. CURCULIONID^:. 



The most distinctive South- African genus of this family is 

 Brachycerus, which in this region, at least, finds its head- 

 quarters. In and around Pretoria I found the species usually 

 terrestrial, sometimes under stones, and frequently wandering 

 among broken pieces of quartzite on hill-sides. The habits 

 of Pohjclaeis equestris and cinereis have already been referred 

 to (ante, pp. 54-5). The weevils of the Old World are still 

 so unworked by competent coleopterists that I have been 

 unable to identify many species, but Mr. F. P. Pascoe has aided 

 me considerably. 



Proscephaladeres punctifrons, Boh. Durban, Natal. 



Proscephaladeres obesus, Boh. Durban, Natal. 



Polyclaeis equestris, Boh. Pretoria. 



Polyclaeis cinereis, Boh. Pretoria. 



Brachycerus apterus, Linn. Pretoria. 



Brachycerus cancellatus, Gylh. Pretoria. 



Brachycerus natalensis, Thm. Pretoria. 



Brachycerus, spp. ? Pretoria. 



Hipporhinus pilularius, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Hipporhinus cornutus, Boh. Pretoria. 



Hipporhinus corniculatus, Thm. Pretoria. 



Hipporhinus, sp. ? Pretoria. 



Cleonus, spp. ? Pretoria. 



Lixus, spp. ? Pretoria. 



Alcides senex, Sahib., var. Pretoria. 



Ac author rhinus dregei, Gylh. Pretoria. 



Sphenophorus, sp. ? Pretoria. 



