Species of South- African Curculionidae. 407 



like tubercle is entirely bare, the others only so at their apices, 

 which occasionally bear a short depressed seta. Legs with 

 dense grey scaling ; posterior tarsi narrow, joints of about 

 equal width, second longer than third, and first longer than 

 second. 



West Africa (?). 



The type in the National Collection is labelled " West 

 Africa," but the locality seems a very doubtful one, and it is 

 more probable that the insect came from South-west Africa. 

 Occidentalis is nearly allied to nodulosus, F. ; but the latter 

 differs in that there is no central carina on the prothorax and 

 the fifth interval on the elytra has only two or three large, 

 distant, conical tubercles in addition to the basal one. 



Hipporrhinus fictilis, sp. n. 



Long. 14, lat. 6 millim. 



IJead convex, with close sliallow punctures and dense brown 

 scaling, forehead with an elongate central fovea ; anteocular 

 furrows deep in their upper half, shallow below. Rostrum 

 not incised at base, as long as head and prothorax, slightly 

 curved. Upper surface convex at base, shallowly excavate 

 towards apex, finely and sparsely punctured, with a broad 

 smooth central line ; lateral sulci well developed, not meeting 

 at base ; scrobes directed to beneath base of rostrum ; inferior 

 basal furrow distinct. Antennce with the scape very short, 

 not nearly reaching eye; the two basal joints of funicle 

 short, subequal. Prothorax longer than its width at base, 

 which is broader than the apex, sides strongly angulated, 

 broadest before middle, ocular lobes prominent. Upper 

 surface rather convex, with a broad and deep central furrow, 

 containing no carina and flanked by a high narrow ridge 

 composed of agglomerated tubercles ; beyond this a broad 

 smooth space, followed by a lateral ridge quite similar to the 

 dorsal one ; beneath this are two or three scattered tubercles, 

 including a large compressed one which forms the angular pro- 

 jection ; all the tubercles smooth and without sette ; scaling 

 dense and brown, but paler in the median furrow, the proster- 

 num greyish. Elytra ovate, shoulders sloping, sides mode- 

 rately rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes short 

 but sharp. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of large 

 shallow punctures ; intervals 1, 2, 4, and 6 entirely devoid 

 of granules or tubercles ; intervals 3 and 7 with complete 

 rows of small rounded shiny tubercles, becoming rather larger 

 and more conical towards apex ; interval 5 with a similar 

 row, but ceasing abruptly behind middle; intervals 1 and 2 



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