fjenerit <>/ Winjli^n Uiujliydci iiiii', 17 



or five similar upical spines and two more slender ones on the 

 itiner snrl'uee in the apical half ; corhels oF the hind tihiic 

 with u siiif^le row of scales at the apex, the apical inarj^in 

 narrowly enclosed. Sternuin with the nicse|)i8teina sepa- 

 rated from the hase of the elvtra. 



Length 'i.J-t nun., breadth 2-:2! tnin. 



ZULULAND : Nduiuu, i. 11)11. 



Like a small spceimcu of /'. ampliruHis, Fhs., to which 

 it is very nearly related, but in that species the rostrmn 

 is more distinctly earinute, the hind nirir;;in ot tin' orbit is 

 produceil Ijt'vond the eye, the sides of the prothorax arc 

 more explaiiate and much more strongly rounded, and its 

 base is not marginate. 



The adult beetles were found eating the leaves of the 

 ;;r<)uiul-nut (Anichis /ii/p'/yafu). Received from the Division 

 of Eutomulogy, Pretoria. 



Protostrophus xpinicol/is, sp. n. (PI, I. fig. 5.) 



(^ ? . Colour black, the upper surface and the sternum 

 clothed with dense pale green scales, those on tlic legs, 

 venter, and the inflexed margins of the elytra being grey 

 with a pale coppery reflexion, which colouring is also somo- 

 linics present on the head and pronotum. 



Head separated from the rostrum by a deeply curved 

 stria, which nearly reaches the eye on each side ; the fore- 

 head Hattened and on a lower level than the inner edges of 

 the orbits, rugosely punctate (concealed by the scaling), and 

 with a broad and deep central furrow ; eyes very prominent 

 :iiid strongly produced backwards, moderately convex, and 

 with the greatest depth far behind the middle, the posterior 

 edge of the orbit not projecting. Rostrum unusually long 

 and narrow, distinctly longer than its basal width, shar[)ly 

 narrowing from the base to the middle and thence i)arallel- 

 sided to the apex ; the upper surface almost flat, set with 

 coarse shallow [)unctures, each containing a scale, and with- 

 out any furrow or carina ; the gcn;e simply roundi-d, not 

 iiMj)ressed, Aiitenntp. with the first funicular joint broader 

 and much longer than the second, which is nearly twice as 

 long as the third. Prot/ioru.v broader than long, the sides 

 gradually rounded from the apex to bcdiind the middle and 

 there armed with a sharp backwardly-dircctcd tooth, behind 

 which the sides are deeply sinuated, so that the base is 

 scarcely wider than the apex ; the basal margin rounded, 

 with a shallow sinuation in the middle, the apical margiti 

 truncate; the ujjper surface strongly convex transversely 



Attn, cfc May. A". Hist. Hcv. li. \ ol. iii. 2 



