Species of South-African Curculiouidas. 413 



rather prominent ; anteocular furrows obsolescent. Rostrum 

 not incised at base, scarcely as long as prothorax alone, 

 sliglitly deflected and very little curved. Upper surface with 

 a shallow central furrow throughout containing a narrow 

 shiny carina; lateral sulci well-marked, the upper pair 

 uniting at base^ which is not much raised; costse between 

 sulci obtuse, densely squamose and each with a single row of 

 shiny black granules; scrobes almost straight, lateral but 

 oblique; inferior basal furrow absent. AutenncB with scape 

 just reaching e^^e ; the basal joints of funicle subequal. 

 Prothorax as long as broad, apex and base of equal width, 

 sides rounded, broadest about middle, a faint transverse 

 impression just behind apex, ocular lobes feebly developed. 

 Upper surface convex, closely set with small granular 

 tubercles leaving a narrow central furrow, without a carina; 

 tubercles black, shiny, each with a depressed seta, interstices 

 with brownish-grey scaling and three narrow paler lines. 

 Elytra elongate, strongly acuminate towards apex in female, 

 scarcely so in male, shoulders sloping, sides rounded, broadest 

 rather behind middle, apical processes absent. Upper surface 

 not very convex, with regular broad shallow strise containing 

 single rows of small granules; intervals of equal height, with 

 somewhat irregular and often duplicated rows of small closely- 

 set granules; granules black and shiny, each with a depressed 

 seta; scaling dense, fulvous, variegated with small patches of 

 dark brown and grey. Legs black, with thin grey pubescence; 

 posterior tarsi with the second joint narrower thin first and 

 third, but about as long as the latter. 



Transvaal: Leydenburg (teste Dr. J. IF. B. Gunning). 



Through tiie kindness of Dr. Gunning, 1 received some 

 years ago a series of six examples of this species from the 

 Pretoria Museum. Its only close ally is constrictus, Gyl., 

 which differs, however, in having the prothorax much broader 

 than long, and also in having the dorsal part of the rostrum 

 much more strongly elevated above the level of the forehead. 

 Both these insects may be distinguished from the adjoining 

 species, arenarius, Fahr., and laticeps, I\Ishl., by their large 

 size and the presence of a frontal carina. 



Hipjyorrhinus errans, sp. n. 



Long. 12, lat. 6 millim. 



Head densely covered with brown squamaj, vertex convex, 

 forehead flattened and with a short central stria; anteocular 

 furrows distinct in their upper half only. Rostrum not 

 incised at base, stout, about as long as prothorax onlv, 

 not much curved. Upper surface almost plane, with a distinct 



