408 Mr. G. A. K. Mavsliall on new 



are so nnrrow that tlie tliree spaces between the four dorsal 

 rows of tubercles are of about equal width ; scaling dense, 

 uniform earthy brown, margins broadly greyish white. Legs 

 with dense pale scaling ; posterior tarsi with joints of about 

 the same width, first the longest and third the shortest. 



Cape Colony. 



Of niucli the same build and facies as nodidosiis, F., and 

 occidentaUf!, Mshl., but readily separable owing to the 

 absence of the large basal tubercle on interval 5 of the elytra. 

 The species is closely allied to the much larger canalicalataa^ 

 Mshl. {;vide itifrh). 



Hipporrhinus canaliculatus , sp. n. 



Long. 22, lat. 10 millim. 



Head convex, closely but indistinctly punctured and covered 

 with dense brown scaling ; forehead with an elongate central 

 fovea ; anteocular furrows deep and distinct in its upper half, 

 obsolete below. Rostrum not incised at base, as long as 

 head and prothorax, curved beyond middle ; upper surface 

 with the edges angular and subparallel throughout (the gense 

 dilated at apex as usual), plane at base, shallowly excavate 

 towards apex, with fine close punctuation and sparse scaling 

 throughout, except for a narrow smooth central line ; upper 

 lateial sulci entirely dorsal, shallow, not meeting at base and 

 vanishing beyond middle ; lower sulci deep and distinct, 

 entirely lateral ; scrobes directed beneath base of rostrum ; 

 interior basal furrow shallow. Antennce with the scape not 

 reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal, A-o- 

 thorax as long as its widtii at base, apex narrower, sides 

 angulated, with a small but prominent lateral tubercle about 

 middle, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface not very 

 convex, with a broad deep central furrow, containing a strong 

 carina, and flanked on either side by a high ridge of agglome- 

 rated tubercles ; beyond this is a broad smooth space, followed 

 by a sharply defined band of small irregularly placed 

 tubercles along the extreme edge ; scaling dense, brown 

 above and turning suddenly to white on prosteruum imme- 

 diately below the lateral tubercles. Elytra ovate, shoulders 

 sloping, sides moderately rounded, broadest about middle, 

 apical processes short but sharp. Upper suiface convex, 

 with regular rows of small shiny granules in lieu of punc- 

 tures ; interval 1 granulate ; interval 2 with four or five 

 isohited low tubercles ; intervals 3 and 5 with small con- 

 tiguous and usually duplicated tubercles, forming an obtuse 

 carina to beyond middle, after which the tubercles become 



