442 Mr. G. A. K. Marshall on new 



strongly curved, sides subparallel to beyond middle, then 

 gently dilated to apex. Upper surface convex, M'ith five 

 strong carinse, which are generally smooth and shiny ; tlie 

 lateral sulci deej) and strong, the lower pair rather shorter, 

 the upper pair alone meeting at base; scrobes straight, 

 oblique but lateral ; inferior basal furrow very deep. An- 

 tennce with scape just reaching eye; the two basal joints of 

 funicle subequal. ProtJwrox distinctly transverse, the length 

 about equal to the width at base, apex scarcely narrower, 

 sides strongly rounded, broadest a little behind middle, 

 ocular lobes moderately prominent ; upper surface almost 

 plane, closely set with round flattened tubercles (devoid of 

 setse) leaving a narrow central furrow, without a carina ; 

 tubercles bare, inteistices with dense brown scaling. Elytra 

 oblongo-ovate, much narrower in male, shoulders sloping, 

 sides scarcely rounded, broadest at or before middle, apical 

 processes absent in both sexes, the sutural part slightly raised 

 on the declivity in female only. Upper surface slightly 

 convex, stri« with regular rows of shallow punctures sepa- 

 rated by small granules, alternate intervals more prominent : 

 intervals 1, 3, 5, and 7 with elongate depressed shiny 

 tubercles, each bearing a very long erect black seta ; inter- 

 vals 2, 4, and 6 with rows of small closely set granules, each 

 bearing a very short depressed pale seta ; tubercles and 

 granules bare, interstices with dense brown scaling, more or 

 less variegated with small white patches. Legs with close 

 pale pubescence slightly thicker near apex of femora ; second 

 joint of posterior tarsi shorter than first, equal to, but narrower 

 than, third. 

 Cape Colony. 



I have found examples of this species in the British and 

 Oxford Museums (under the collection name ";j>e^roM5," Buq ); 

 and there is a single male in the Stockholm Museum which 

 has been labelled //. lacunosus, Gyl., by Mr. Peringuey. 

 Although this insect has a strong superficial resemblance to 

 Gyllenhal's species, an examination of his type (a female) 

 shows it to be quite distinct. In lacunosus the intervals are 

 uniform and the granules are subequal throughout, there*" 

 being no elongate tubercles ; moreover there are no long 

 black seta3, but each granule has a very short pale seta, 

 strongly depressed. 



Hipporrlnnus Gunningi^ sp. n. 



Long. 19-20, lat. 7^-8 millim. 



Head closely punctured and densely squamose, convex on 

 vertex, forehead flattened and with a central carina ; eyes 



