neio Curculionidse/row South Africa. 157 



Subfamily Ehibubininjs. 

 Hyposomus longipilis, sp. n. 



Integument piceons, clothed with dense grey scaling 

 above and. below; the proiiotum with the disk brownish, 

 except for a complete, narrow, pale median stripe ; the elytra 

 Avith a large darker discal patch of the same shape as the 

 elytra themselves, outlined with dark brown and extending 

 as far as stria 4 and terminating in a point at the top of the 

 declivity. 



Head with close confluent punctation M-hich is entirely 

 concealed by the closely-packed concave scales, which are 

 much smaller than those on the rostrum, and set with short 

 erect spatulate scales. Rostrum about as long as the pro- 

 notum, slightly narrowed from the base to the n)iddle and 

 thenre parallel-sided, with the dorsal outline only slightly 

 curved but sloping rather abruptly near the apex ; the 

 dorsal punctotion close and confluent/ but hidden by the 

 scales, Mliich are not overlapping or concave; a lateral row of 

 punctures on each side, which ai'e partly visible through the 

 scaling, each bearing a short erect seta, and two similar 

 but more widely-spaced rows of set?e on the dorsum ; the 

 sides of the rostrum belo«' the scrobe partly clothed with 

 scales. Antenna testaceous, with very fine testaceous set^e; 

 joint 1 of the funicle about as long as the next two together. 

 Frothorax broader than long, moderately rounded at the 

 sides, shallowly constricted near the apex, the constriction 

 faintly continued across the disk ; the dorsal apical margin 

 truncate and much narrower than the base, which is broadly 

 rounded ; the dorsum with fine reticulate punctation 

 throughout, the concave scales covering and fitting into the 

 punctures. Elytra comparatively rather broadly ovate, 

 very slightly rounded at the sides, acuminate behind, with 

 the apices jointly rounded ; the basal margin deeply and 

 jointly sinuate and not elevated, the external angles 

 rounded and not very prominent ; the striye shallow, with 

 the punctures covered hj, but perceptible through, the scaling, 

 each containing a very mijiute seta ; the intervals much 

 broader than the strise, slightly convex, covered Avith fiat 

 scallop-like overlapping scales, the alternate ones with a row 

 of setae which on the basal two-thirds are short, curved, and 

 nearly recumbent, but on the apical third long, straight, 

 and erect. Legs stout, densely clothed with ovorlajjping 



