BY EUSTACE AV . FERGUSON. 1 •"> 1 



SCLERORHINUS CARINATUS Boisd., l.C. p. 385. 



? Scl. (// ippon/iiiius) ni;/rospi)iosus, Don., Ins. New Holl. 

 1805; Boisd., I.e. p. 335. 



5 Elliptical, convex. Black, opaque, densely clothed 

 above with yellowish and ochraceous scales, granules not 

 clothed ; head with two longitudinal stripes on rostrum meet- 

 ing behind on vertex, also a lateral supraorbital stripe on 

 either side; prothorax trivittate. 



Head convex, not constricted from rostrum, forehead flat- 

 tened, median rostral linea prolonged on forehead. Rostrum 

 short and thick, flattened above, not excavate ; lateral sulci 

 broad, moderately deep ; median linea well defined, with a 

 punctiform depression at junction with forehead. Eyes 

 moderately large, oval. Club briefly obovate. Prothorax (4 

 X 5-5 mm.) transverse, rounded evenly on sides, apical mar- 

 gin feebly trisinuate, no median lobe, ocular lobes present ; 

 disc convex, finely granulate, granules irregularly arranged 

 tending to leave three clear areas along vittae ; sides finely 

 granulate. Elytra (11x7 mm.) ovate, evenly rounded on 

 sides ; apex gradually rounded, sharply mucronate ; base 

 truncate, humeral angles rectangular. Each elytron with 

 three broad strise densely clothed with whitish or yellowish 

 scales, the lateral one subdivided by subhumeral interstice ; 

 interstices granulate, subcostate, granules semispinose, 

 separate on declivity and laterally, setigerovis ; sutural inter- 

 stice more or less prominent throughout, out-turned at base ; 

 second and third prominent, subcostiform in basal half, con- 

 tinued to base and apex ; subhumeral with nine to eleven 

 granules not reaching to base : lateral granulate, traceable 

 only in basal half. Sides striate, interstices obsoletely granu- 

 late. The two central strias of disc with two longitudinal 

 rows of fine punctures, two lateral striae each with a single 

 row. Under surface gently convex. Apical ventral segment 

 not excavate, finely pustulo-setose, with a faint median linear 

 impression. Tibia strongly spinose beneath, outer ends bent 

 not quite at right angles to shaft. Dimenslcms : 16 x 7 mm. 



