new African Curculionidae. 3 



surface with uniform, pale greenish scaling. The head with 

 pale scales round the eyes aad along the dorsal edges of the 

 rostrum; the prothorax with five narrow pale longitudinal 

 stripes; the elytra with the following pale markings: — on 

 interval 2 a stripe running from near the base to a little 

 beyond the middle ; interval 4 with a stripe from the base 

 as far as the middle of that on int. 2 ; int. 6 with a spot 

 close to the base and another before the middle ; int. 8 with 

 a broad stripe from the base to beyond the middle, and on a 

 level with the end of this starts an oblique row of longi- 

 tudinal patches along the top of the declivity on ints. 7, 6, 

 4, and 2 respectively, that on 6 being usually the longest ; 

 a narrower stripe on the apical part of int. 8, which bends 

 round in the form of a hook on to the apex of int. 4 ; and, 

 finally, a V-shaped mark at the extreme apex on ints. 2 

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Head with the coarse close punctation hidden by the 

 scaling ; the forehead flat, with an elongate central fovea. 

 Rostrum not much longer than its width at the gense, 

 parallel-sided in the basal half, then abruptly and strongly 

 dilated ; the dorsal area flat behind and shallowly impressed 

 in front, its margins subcarinate and the lateral areas on 

 each side almost perpendicular; the greatest distance 

 between the scrobes about equal to the width of the fore- 

 head. Antenna with the scape extending well beyond the 

 front margin of the prothorax ; the two basal joints of 

 the funicle equal, joints 3 to 5 gradually diminishing in 

 length, and 5 to 7 subequal and slightly longer than broad. 

 Prothorax broader than long, broadest near the base, the 

 sides moderately rounded, the apical constriction shallow 

 but distinct ; the upper surface evenly convex, without any 

 furrow, and set with close reticulate punctures, each of 

 which is filled with a flat subcircular scale, the narrow 

 shiny interspaces being mostly uncovered. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, their greatest width not far from the base, the dorsal 

 outline moderately convex, the posterior declivity very 

 steep ; the upper surface with shallow striae containing 

 rows of deep distant punctures, each of which bears a curved 

 seta that does not rise above the rim of the puncture ; the 

 intervals between the striae broad and flat, closely covered 

 with subcircular convex scales which do not overlap, and 

 between which the shiny integument is often visible ; the 

 short curved scale-like setae are irregularly scattered, and 

 agree in colour with the scales around them. Legs with 

 moderately close pale greenish scaling ; the hind tibiae 

 curved so that the upper edge is concave and the lower 



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