Species of South- African Curculionidte. 44? 



well-developed carina; tubercles bare, shiny, each with a 

 short depressed seta, interstices with fulvous scaling, paler 

 laterally. Elytra obloiigo-ovate, shoulders roundly prominent, 

 apical processes in female very short and blunt, sides very 

 slightly rounded, broadest just behind shoulders. Upper 

 surface convex, with regular rows of fovete, occasionally 

 interrupted by faint granules : interval 1 without distinct 

 granules ; interval 2 with only a short apical row of four or 

 five sharply conical tubercles; interval 3 with a basal row of 

 rather smaller subconical tubercles terminating about middle ; 

 intervals 4 and 6 plane; intervals 5 and 7 with complete 

 rows of sharp conical tubercles; the tubercles, which are of 

 nearly equal size throughout, are bare and shiny, each with a 

 depressed apical seta, the interstices with dark brown scaling 

 variegated with lighter patches. Leys with dark scaling and 

 seta^, except for a ring of white scales near apex of femora ; 

 posterior tarsi setose, the joints of about the same width, 

 second and third subequal, first rather longer. 



Transvaal : Leydenburg. 



The only examples I have seen of this species were kindlji 

 sent me by Dr. Gunning. It is closely related to deplora- 

 bunduSj Falir., but that insect has a continuous central furrow 

 on the rostrum, narrow at the base and broadly excavate in 

 front ; the central thoracic carina is also mucli fainter and 

 concealed beneath the scaling ; finally, the row of tubercles on 

 the third interval of the elytra is evenly continuous to the 

 apex. 



Hipporrhinus deceptor^ sp. u. 



Long. 3-15, lat. 6-7 millim. 



Head convex, with sparse punctures and squama?, forehead 

 with a rounded impression, anteocular furrows distinct. 

 Rostrum separated from head by a deep dorsal incision, as long 

 as head and prothorax, thick and strongly curved. Upper 

 surface with five strong, smooth, narrow carinte of even height ; 

 lateral sulci deep and distinct, of about equal length, and 

 uniting at base ; scrobes lateral, straight and oblique; inferior 

 basal turrow very deep. Antennoi piceous, thinly pubescent; 

 scape barely reaching eye; the two basal joints of funicle 

 subequal. Prothorax transverse (more distinctly so in 

 female), the length equal to the width at base in female, 

 greater in male, apex rather narrower than base, sides 

 strongly rounded, broadest about the middle, ocular lobes 

 not very prominent. Upper surface rather convex, closely 

 set with small, elevated, granular tubercles, leaving a narrow 

 central furrow without a carina; tubercles bare, shiny, and 



