14 Dr. G. A. K. Maisliall on African 



the eyes, expanding into a broad patch beneath, the sctse 

 on the foreliead sliglitl\'^ raised ; prothorax with a narrow 

 central -whitish stripe, a broad lateral one behind the eye, 

 and an ill-defined one above the coxie, the setai rccnnibent ; 

 elvtra with nuincrons recumbent, scale-like, brownish set.e 

 and the followiuy whitish nuukiiigs : a sutnral stripe from 

 the base to the middle, another on interval 7 starting a 

 little before the middle and ending some distance from tlie 

 apex, a short basal stripe at the shcuhler continuous with 

 the upper lateral one on the tboi'ax, and a marginal stripe, 

 which only reaches stria 10 in the basal half, gradually 

 extending to stria 9 behind the middle and widening still 

 more at the apex ; along the dorsal striae 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- 

 ])ressed and with a very broad and deep central furrow in the 

 basal halt' : an obtuse ridge on each side, beyond whicli the 

 sides slope gradually to thescrobes ; the gense not impressed. 

 Prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, the sides moderately 

 rounded, broadest in tlie middle, evenly and very rugosely 

 punctate throughout, without any furrow or carina, and 

 the basal margin not raised. Elytra I'cgularly elliptical, 

 the dorsal outline strongly curved and raised high above the 

 ])ronotum, the posterior declivity becoming vertical on a 

 line with the apex of stria 5 ; striae shallow and containing 

 deep separated punctures on the disk, the [junctures shallower 

 and the striae deeper at the apex and sides ; the intervals 

 almost flat and much i)roader than the stride. Leys with 

 fairly dense pale scales, the tibiae with rather long suberect 

 setae, the hind pair granulate internally. 



Length 6^ mm.., breadth 3^ mm. 



Cape Colony : Namaqualand. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Genus Protostrophus, nov. 



Head with a central furrow and constricted behind the 

 eyes, whicli 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. 



