Species of South- African Curculioiiida3. 453 



than second or third which are subequal, but the latter 

 slightly broader. 



Natal : Estcourt. 



I found this species fairly common near Estcourt, where 

 it seems to replace tiie nearly allied talpa, Fahr., which 

 differs in having the intervals on the elytra less raised 

 and of even height, and in having a fovea on the forehead. 

 Prof. Aurlvillius first drew my attention to the specific 

 distinction of vicinus, and kindly gave me one of the original 

 examples of talpa captured by Wahlberg. 



Hipporrhinus laticeps, sp. n. 



Long. 10, lat. 4 millim. 



Head densely covered with brown scaling, convex on 

 vertex, forehead broad, flattened and with a short central 

 carina ; eyes prominent ; anteocular furrows short and 

 narrow, but distinct. Rustrum not incised at base, short and 

 thick, about as long as prothorax only, scarcely curved. 

 Upper surface convex, with five thin undulating carina, 

 which are black and shiny, the three central ones being of t!ie 

 same lieight; the intervals closely punctured and clothed with 

 dense brown squamifi ; lateral sulci distinct, the upper pair 

 much broader and converging at base, which is evidently 

 raised ; scrobes lateral, but oblique ; inferior transverse basal 

 furrow absent. Antennce piceous, finely pubescent ; scape 

 just reaching anterior margin of eye ; the two basal joints of 

 funicle subequal. Prothorax transverse, its length about 

 equal to the width at base, which is scarcely broader than 

 apex, anterior margin deeply sinuate, sides moderately 

 rounded, broadest about middle, ocular lobes very slight. 

 Upper surface convex, closely set with rounded granules, 

 leaving a narrow central furrow without any carina ; granules 

 bare, shiny, each with a subdepressed seta ; interstices with 

 brown scaling and a paler central line. Elytra elongato- 

 ovate, rather acuminate apically in female, shoulders not 

 sloping but rounded, sides scarcely ampliated, broadest about 

 middle, apical processes absent. Upper surface almost plane 

 on disk, faintly sulcate, the sulci containing small shallow 

 punctures which are quite hidden by the scaling ; all intervals 

 similar, having single rows of minute black granules bearing- 

 subdepressed setaj ; scaling dense, uniform grey- brown. 

 Legs with long whitish pubescence ; posterior tarsi narrow, - 

 setose, joint 2 rather narrower than I and 3, distinctlj- shorter 

 than 1, but about equal to o. 



Cape Colony: Port Elizabeth {Dr. II. Brauns). 

 Ann. & Mag. N, Ili.^t. Ser. 7. Vol. x. 33 



