410 Mr. G. A. K. Maisliall on new 



carina; a distinct transverse dorsal impression just behind 

 apex. Tubercles bare, each with a pale depressed seta; 

 interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra elongato-ovate, 

 shouldersslopingjsidesslightlyrounded, broadest about middle, 

 the posterior declivity laterally compressed, so that the space 

 between the second intervals on each elytron is distinctly 

 raised, apical processes moderately long and sharp in both 

 sexes. Upper surface convex, faintly striate, the striae with 

 indistinct punctures separated by small granules ; intervals 

 even and with regular rows of granules, except the first, 

 which is smooth throughout, and tlie lateral compressed portion 

 of the declivity is also almost free from granules ; scaling 

 rather thin, variegated brown, paler at sides ; setee pale, very 

 small and much depressed. Legs long, rather slender, with 

 sparse pale setse ; posterior tarsi broad, spongy beneath, the 

 joints of about the same width, second and third subcqual, 

 first a little longer. 



Cape Colony. 



A remarkable and quite isolated species, which may at 

 once be distinguished from every other member of the genus 

 by the peculiar structure of the rostrum — especially in the 

 character of the basal horn, the transverse dorsal incision, 

 and the acuminate gen^. 



Hipporrhinus Ilorm, sp. n. 



Long. 19, lat. 8 millim. 



Bicid convex, with dense light brown scaling on vertex; 

 forehead bare, indistinctly punctured and with a central fovea; 

 anteocular furrows distinct. Rostrum not incised dorsally at 

 base, about as long as head and prothorax, slightly curved. 

 U))per surface distinctly convex at base, shallovvly excavate 

 at extreme apex only ; punctuation indistinct, with broad, 

 smooth, scarcely raised central line throughout; lateral sulci 

 not meeting at base, shallow, the lower pair indistinct; scrobes 

 directed to beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow 

 present, but shallow. Antennce with scape not nearly reaching 

 eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax 

 transverse, the length rather greater than the width at base, 

 which is broader than apex, sides subangulate, broadest 

 about middle. Upper surface slightly convex, with four fairly 

 regular rows of small closely-set tubercles, leaving three large 

 smooth longitudinal spaces ; the central one is closely and 

 distinctly punctured and contains no carina, the others are 

 indistinctly punctured ; below the outer row of tubercles is a 

 collection of four or five tubercles which form the lateral 



