neio Curculionid8e//'c)m South Africa. 149 



base, almost flat, and with au indistinct median carina ; the 

 apical area neither impressed nor carinate, but closely and 

 finely punctate, the epistome very ill-defined. Ayitenncs with 

 the scape gradually clavate, scarcely reaching the hind 

 margin of the eye, rather coarsely punctate, and clothed 

 with short recumbent pale setse ; the funicle with joint 1 as 

 long as 2 + 3, joints 3-7 longer than broad and subequal. 

 Prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, gently rounded at 

 the sides, broadest about the middle, with a very shallow 

 aj)ical constriction ; the apical margin only slightly nar- 

 rower than the base and gently sinuate dorsally, postocular 

 lobes well developed ; the dorsum rugosely punctate, with 

 low granules showing through the rather thin scaling and a 

 much abbreviated indistinct median carina, and a very in- 

 distinct impression on each side behind the middle bounded 

 externally by a faint costa; the setae recumbent and only a 

 little longer and narrower than the scales. Scutellum incon- 

 spicuous. Elytra broadly oblong-ovate in the ? , much 

 narrower and more ovate in the ^J , broadly rounded behind 

 and gently sinuate at the base; the strife with shallow punc- 

 tures almost hidden by the scaling and each containing a 

 minute scale ; the intervals costate and each with a row 

 of granules, which are much more prominent behind, each 

 granule bearing a very short recumbent scale-like seta; the 

 junction of intervals 7 and 9 at the base forming a small 

 humeral callus. Legs fairly densely clothed with pale scales 

 and short recumbent setse, except on the lower edge of the 

 tibiae where the setae are longer and suberect ; anterior pairs 

 of femora with a small tooth. Venter rugosely punctate but 

 not granulate, the setse all recumbent and scale-like. 



Length 5*4-8 mm., breadth 2*4-4 mm. 



Cape Province : Willowmore (Or. H. Brauns), ^ S <S , 



Allied to E. laticeps, Boh., but in that species the antennae 

 are much longer and more slender ; the dorsal area of the 

 rostrum is parallel-sided for most of its length and tri- 

 angularly impressed ; the prothorax bears three pale stripes, 

 with conspicuous rounded granules and very deep lateral 

 impressions ; the elytra have the suture elevated on the 

 declivity in the ? , and tiie intervals are not costate, the 

 granules on them being more or less duplicated ; and the 

 venter is granulate and bears short curved setse. 



The genus Eremnus, as at present constituted, comprises a 

 number of species of somewhat diversified structure and will 

 doubtless be subdivided wlien subjected to an adequate 

 revision. The species are restricted to South Africa, though 



