14 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African 
the eyes, expanding into a broad patch beneath, the sete 
on the forehead slightly raised ; prothorax with a narrow 
central whitish stripe, a broad lateral one behind the eye, 
and an ill-defined one above the cox, the sete recumbent ; 
elytra with numerous recumbent, scale-like, brownish setie 
and the following whitish markings: a sutural stripe from 
the base to the middle, another on interval 7 starting a 
little before the middle and ending some distance from the 
apex, a short basal stripe at the shoulder continuous with 
the upper lateral one on the thorax, and a marginal stripe, 
which only reaches stria 10 in the basal half, gradually 
extending to stria 9 behind the middle and wideuing still 
more at the apex ; along the dorsal striz there are irregular 
spots of whitish scales, and the lower surface is unevenly 
clothed with similar scales. 
Head rugosely punctate, the forehead flat, with two 
very irregular longitudinal impressions on each side of the 
central furrow; a shallow impression immediately below 
the eye. Rostrum rugosely punctate, the disk shallowly im- 
pressed and witha very broad and deep central furrow in the 
basal half ; an obtuse ridge on each side, beyond which the 
sides slope gradually to the scrobes ; the genze not impressed. 
Prothorax nearly twice as hroad as long, the sides moderately 
rounded, broadest in the middle, evenly and very rugosely 
punctate throughout, without any furrow or carina, and 
the basal margin not raised. M/ytra regularly elliptical, 
the dorsal outline strongly curved and raised high above the 
pronotum, the posterior declivity becoming vertical on a 
line with the apex of stria 5; striz shallow and containing 
deep separated punctures on the disk, the punctures shallower 
and the strie deeper at the apex and sides; the intervals 
almost flat and much broader than the striz. Legs with 
fairly dense pale scales, the tibiae with rather long suberect 
sete, the hind pair granulate internally. 
Length 6} mm., breadth 3} mm. 
Carr Cotony : Namaqualand, 
Described from a single specimen, 
Genus ProrosTROPHUS, Nov. 
Head with a central furrow and constricted behind the 
eyes, which are produced backwards. Rostrum strongly 
narrowed in front, separated from the forehead by a short 
stria or sulcus that does not nearly reach the sides, which 
are almost vertical, so that the scrobes are not visible from 
above, the apex almost truncate ; epistome well defined, 
