26 Mr. G. A. K. Marshall— .4 Synoptic 



Type Myurrhinus glohulosus^ Fahr. 



The only essential character which distinguishes this 

 genus from Ilaptonierus is the free tarsal claws» 



Synopsis of Species. 



1. (4.) Curvature of the forehead on the same 



level as that of the rostrum ; scrobes 

 continued backwards right up to the 

 eye; iirst joint of fun icle not longer 

 than second ; base of rostrum much 

 narrower than the width of the head 

 across the middle of the eyes. 



2. (3.) Elytra without erect setge ; scrobes very 



deep posteriorly 1. 



3. (2.) Elytra with dense erect setae ; scrobes 



shallow posteriorly 2. 



4. (1.) Forehead more or less elevated above 



the level of the rostrum ; scrobes 

 evanescent posteriorly ; first joint of 

 funicle longer than second ; base of 

 rostrum about as broad as the head 

 across the middle of the eyes. Elytra 

 ■with erect setae. 



5. (6.) Rostrum stouter, gibbous at the inser- 



tion of the antennae, with a narrow 

 central fuirow (sometimes obsolete 

 near the base), which is broader and 

 deeper near the apex 3, A. globulosa, FShr. 



6. (5.) Rostrum more slender, not gibbous at 



the insertion of the antennae, convex 

 above and without any central 

 furrow 4:. A. crenulosa, FShr. 



A. calva^ sp. n. 

 A. longstaffii, Mshl. 



1. Anathresa calva, sp. n. 



Long. 4|, lat. 2i mm. 



Niger, cinereo-viridi-squamosus, setis brevibus albis depressis 

 obsitus. 



Caput subglobosum, fronte supra rostrum non elevata. Rostrum 

 supra planum, nee sulcatum nee carinatum ; scrobes ante antennas 

 anguste ad apicem continuati, postiee late et profunda ad oculos 

 extensi. Antennae articulis funiculi duobus basalibus subasquali- 

 bus. Prothorax postiee truncatus, lateribus valde rotundatus, in 

 medio latior, supra subtilissime confertim punetatus. Elytra 

 late ovata, ad basin truncata, postiee acuminata, humeris rotun- 

 dato-productis, supra tenuiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis latin 

 subplanis. Pedes piceo-ferruginei, squamis et setis pallidis 

 induti. 



Transvaal {A. Bdttcher). 

 Type in the British Museum. 

 This species may be distinguished 



from all its congeners 



