454 Mr. G. A. K. Mavsliall on neio 



This species is most nearly related to arenarius, Fahr., 

 and set/ferus, Gyl. The former differs in havino; the base of 

 the rostrum more strongly raised and tlie inferior basal 

 furrow is present ; t])e prothorax has its sides strongly 

 rounded and the apex is much narrower than the base ; the 

 elytra are much broader, with the shoulders sloping, the sides 

 strongly rounded, and the punctures and intervening granules 

 in the sulci clearly visible through the scaling. Gyllenhal's 

 species has a much narrower, rather longer, and more curved 

 rostrum, on which the inner pair of caringe is parallel and not 

 convergent towards base ; the prothorax is much less trans- 

 verse, the anterior dorsal margin is truncate, and the ocular 

 lobes strongly developed ; the elytra are of mucli the same 

 shape, but broader, the sulci are granulate and the granides 

 on the intervals are much more numerous, more prominent, 

 and less regular. 



FlipporrJiinus incertus, sp. n. 



Long. 10, lafc. 4^ millim. 



Head v^''\\\v dense brown scaling, vertex convex and closely 

 punctured, forehead strongly depressed, indistinctly punc- 

 tured and without fovea or carina ; anteocular furrows obso- 

 lete. Rostrum not incised at base, short and tliick, about as 

 long as prothorax only, deflected and scarcely curved. 

 Upper surface with a stout basal tubercle, which has its sides 

 subparallel and its apex sharply bifid ; anterior part slightly 

 excavated, closely punctured and with a narrow but distinct 

 central carina, which ascends the tubercle ; lateral sulci 

 meeting at base, the upper pair broad and shallow, the lower 

 narrower and deeper ; scrobes lateral, oblique and curved ; 

 inferior transverse furrow broad and deep. Antennce with 

 scape reaching the posterior margin of eye ; the second joint 

 of funicle rather longer than first. Prothorax transverse, its 

 length equal to the width of both base and apex, sides 

 rounded, broadest about middle, ocular lobes very little deve- 

 loped. Upper surface convex, fairly closely set with small 

 separated conical tubercles, arranged in more or less irregular 

 longitudinal rows, and leaving a narrow central furrow without 

 any carina; tubercles black, shiny, and each with a depressed 

 seta ; interstices with uniform brown scaling. Elytra ovate, 

 shoulders sloping, broadest before middle, female more acumi- 

 nate apically than male, apical processes absent. Upper 

 surface convex, with faint striai containing rows of indistinct 

 punctures,sometimes separated by minute granules : intervals 

 1, 3, 5, and 7 with regular and complete rows of granules ; 



