440 Mr. G. A. K. Marsl 



laii o?i neiv 



for two-thirds of its length, thence dilated to apex. Upper 

 surface convex, with five narrow and undulating carinfe, the 

 central being higher and also rather shorter than the others ; 

 the lateral sulci broad and deep, the lower pair longer, the 

 upper pair meeting at base ; scrobes not purely lateral, but 

 continued to beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal sulcus 

 deep. Antennce piceous, finely squamose; scape just reaching 

 eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax . 

 a little broader than long, the lengtli greater than the width 

 at base, wiiich is broader than apex ; sides moderately 

 rounded, broadest about middle, ocular lobes strongly de- 

 veloped. Upper surface slightly convex, closely set with 

 small rounded tubercles having scarcely perceptible set», 

 central furrow very narrow and without a carina ; tubercles 

 bare, shiny, interstices with whitish scaling forming three ill- 

 defined stripes. Elytra broadly ovate, shoulders prominent 

 and subrectangular, sides very little dilated, broadest much 

 before middle, apical processes long and sharp. Upper 

 surface convex, with shallow sulci containing regular rows 

 of granules, which are very much reduced towards apex; the 

 intervals with single rows of small tubercles, which are 

 depressed and rather elongate in the dorsal area, but elevated 

 towards the sides and apex ; the tubercles sliiny and mostly 

 \vithout seta;', the interstices with scattered patches of whitish 

 scaling, the scales being very large and circular. Legs with 

 sparse scaling and pale setai ; the tliree basal joints of 

 posterior tarsi subequal ; the onychium elongate, about equal 

 to the tliree preceding joints together. 



Cape Colony ( Calls. Pascoe Jh J. hJ) . 



A striking species superficially resembling //. obesus, Gyl., 

 and //. verrucellus, Gyl., but readily recognized by tlie 

 presence of a strong central carina on the rostrum and by the 

 long apical spines. H. corpulentus, Gyl., wiiicli has the 

 rostral carina, has a very ditferent appearance, owing to 

 the even granulation throughout the elytra obliterating the 

 sulci ; its apical processes also are very short and tuberculi- 

 form. 



Ilipporrhinus congestus, sp. n. 



Long. 13, lat. 7 millim. 



head convex, rugosely punctured, some of the punctures 

 containing a single large white scale, forehead not flattened, 

 coarsely strigose and with a short central stria ; anteocular 

 furrows deep and complete. Rostrum separated from head 

 by a deep dorsal incision, as long as the thorax only, dis- 

 tinctly curved, subparallel to beyond middle, then slightly 



