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



brown scaling. Elytra ovate, slioulders sloping, sides mode- 

 rately rounded, broadest about middle ; apical processes in 

 female very short, blunt, and divergent. U[)per surface 

 convex, with regular rows of foveas separated by small shiny 

 granules : interval 1 with a itw indistinct granules ; 2, 3, 5, 

 and 7 subcostate and with regular rows of granules; on the 

 last three the rows are complete and the granules are larger 

 on the declivity ; on interval 2 the granules cease abruptly 

 at the summit of declivity; sealing uniform earth-brown. 

 Legs with sparse depressed pale setse on femora and an ill- 

 defined ring of light scales near apex ; tibife with mingled, 

 light and dark setie, the former depressed, the latter erect; 

 posterior tarsi spongy beneath, joints of about the same width, 

 second and third subequal, first longer. 



Mashonaland: Mt. Chirinda, Melsetter Dislrict. 



Very nearly allied to //. Bohemanii, Fa'.ir., but smaller, 

 and distinguished by the absence of granules on intervals 4: 

 and 6 of the elytra, the presence of a central furrow and 

 carina on the rostrum, and the long stria on the forehead. 



Ilijrporrhinus brevis, sp. n. 



Long. 10, lat. 5 millim. (female). 



Head convex on vertex, which is closely and distinctly 

 punctured ; forehead flattened, with fine convergent plications 

 and a short low central carina near the rostrum bearing a 

 single fovea; anteocular furrows obsolete. Rostrum not 

 incised at base, short and thick, as long as thorax only, 

 deflected and slightly curved. Upper surface with a stout 

 basal tubercle which has its sides rather convergent and its 

 apex sharply bifurcated ; anterior j)art almost plane, rugosely 

 punctured and with a very faint short carina ; lateral sulci 

 broad and distinct, uniting at base ; scrobes lateral and 

 curved; inferior basal furrow very deep. Antennce with 

 scape reaching to about middle of eye; the two basal joints 

 of funicle subequal. Prothorax transverse, the length equal 

 to the width at base, which is as broad as apex, ocular lobes 

 distinct. Upper surface convex, closely set with low^ granules, 

 each bearing a pale depressed seta ; scaling brown, with three 

 narrow and indistinct paler lines. Elytra very short, ovate, 

 sides strongly rounded, broadest before middle, acuminate 

 behind (female), shoulders rounded, apical processes absent. 

 Upper surface rather convex, stri^ with rows of shallow, 

 subreticulate fovcie, intervals evenly raised and w'ith large, 

 very depressed, shiny, distant granules, which bear depressed 

 pale seta? ; scaling not very dense, yellowish Ijrown. Legs 



