new Curculionidse /rom South Africa. 157 



Subfamily Ebirshinin^. 

 Hyposomus longipilis, sp. u. 



Integument piceous, clothed with dense grey scaling 

 above and below; the pronotum with the disk brownish, 

 except for a complete, narrow, pale median stripe ; the elytra 

 with a large darker discal patch of the same shape as the 

 elytra theraselvesj ovitlined with dark brown and extending 

 as far as stria 4 and terminating in a point at the top of the 

 declivity. 



Head with close confluent punctation which is entirely 

 concealed by the closely-packed concave scales, which are 

 much smaller than those on tlie rostrum, and set with short 

 erect spatulate scales. Ro^^rwm about as long as the pro- 

 notum, slightly narrowed from the base to the middle and 

 then( e parallel-sided, with the dorsal outline only slightly 

 curved but sloping rather abruptly near the apex ; the 

 dorsal punctation close and confluent^ but hidden by the 

 scales, which are not overlapping or concave ; a lateral row of 

 punctures on each side, which are partly visible through the 

 scaling, each bearing a short erect seta, and two similar 

 but more widely-spaced rows of setse on the dorsum ; the 

 sides of the rostrum below the scrobe partly clothed with 

 scales. AntenncE testaceous, with very fine testaceous setse; 

 joint 1 of the funicle about as long as the next two together. 

 Prothorax broader than long, moderately rounded at the 

 sides, shallowly constricted near the apex, the constriction 

 faintly continued across the disk ; the dorsal apical margin 

 truncate and much narrower than the base, which is broadly 

 rounded ; the dorsum Avith fine reticulate punctation 

 throughout, the concave scales covering aud fitting into the 

 punctures. Elytra comparatively rather broadly ovate, 

 very slightly rounded at the sides, acuminate behind, with 

 the apices jointly rounded ; the basal margin deeply and 

 jointly sinuate and not elevated, the external angles 

 rounded and not very prominent ; the stride shallow, with 

 the punctures covered by, but perceptible through, the scaling, 

 each containing a very minute seta ; the intervals much 

 broader than the strise, slightly convex, covered with flat 

 scallop-like overlapping scales, the alternate ones with a row 

 of setae which on the basal two-thirds are short, curved, and 

 nearly recumbent, but on the apical third long, straight, 

 and erect. Legs stout, densely clothed with overlapping 



