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



with very short depressed sets, interstices witli dark scaliiij^ 

 and three narrow pale lines. Elytra ovate, much narrower in 

 male, shoulders roundly prominent, sides strongly rounded 

 (less so in male), broadest about middle, apical processes very 

 small and contiguous in botii sexes. Upper surface convex, 

 distinctly sulcate, sulci with rows of shallow punctures 

 separated by small granules ; intervals all evenly raised, sub- 

 costate and with regular rows of large shiny granules, each 

 bearing a depressed seta; scaling uneven, witli small varie- 

 gated patches of brown, fulvous, or white. Lej/s piceous, 

 with fine pale pubescence; posterior tarsi with the second 

 joint a trifle narrower than the others, second and third 

 subcqual, first longer. 



Cape ColOiNY : Port Elizabeth {Dr. fl. Brautis). 



Dr. Brauns has kindly sent me a fine series of this new 

 species, apart from which I have seen only a single example, 

 a female, in Chrevolat's collection at Stockholm. It is allied 

 to lacunosus, Gyl., which differs in having a much thicker 

 and more strongly curved rostrum, the dorsal surface of which 

 is almost plane and has only a low carina (whereas in deceplor 

 it is very deeply sulcate with a strong central carina) ; again, 

 the first joint of the funitle is distinctly longer than the 

 second (an unusual character in the genus) ; the prothorax is 

 more narrowed behind and the tubercles are strongly de- 

 ])ressed ; the elytra of the female lacunosus (I have not seen 

 the male) are much more oblong, the suture is prominently 

 raised on the declivity, the sulci are shallower, the granules 

 more depressed and elongate, and the apical processes absent. 



IlipporrJiiniis sparsus, sp. n. 



Long. 12, lat. 6 millim. (female). 



JJead convex, bare, with faint scattered punctures ; forehead 

 with a slight central depression ; anteocular furrows deep and 

 complete. Rostrum cut off from head by a deep dorsal in- 

 cision, as long as head and protliorax, distinctly curved, very 

 gradually dilated from base to apex. Upper surface nearly 

 ])lane, with three fine carinse, the central one the shortest 

 and vanishing beyond middle ; no scaling, punctuation in- 

 definite ; lateral sulci broad and deep, separated by a strong 

 costa bearing a faint stria, the upper pair only meeting at 

 base ; scrobes straight and lateral, almost parallel to the 

 sulci ; inferior basal furrow very deep. Antennce piceous ; 

 sca])e just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle sub- 

 equal. Proi/iora.f sVig\\t\y transverse, the length greater than 

 the width at base, whicli is equal to the apex, sides strongly 



