158 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on 



concave scales and short erect setoe ; the anterior tibi?e with 

 an obtuse angulation at the middle of the inner edge ; the 

 fourth tarsal joint twice as long as the third. Sternum with a 

 broad shallow longitudinal impression in front of the fore 

 coxse. Venter with the suture between ventrites 3 and 4 

 (1st and 2nd visible) broadly fused in the middle. 



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



Capk Province: Table jNIonntain {W. Bevins). 



Described from four specimens. 



Hypsomus bevhisi, sp. n. 



Extremely like a very small H. lonyipilis, but differing as 

 follows :- — The prosternum uot impressed in front of the 

 coxse ; the suture between vi'utrites 3 and 4 (tl)e 1st aud 

 2n(l visilde) distinct throughout and deeply sinuate in the 

 middle ; tlic apical constriction of the prothorax is not con- 

 tinued across the disk ; the setoo at the apex of the elytra are 

 much shorter and fewer, and there is a broad brown lateral 

 stripe on the prothorax and on the inflexed margin of the 

 elytra. 



Length 2*5-3 mm., breadth 1-1-25 mm. 



Cape Province: Table Mountain {W. Bevins); Camps 

 Bay, viii. 1905 {G.A.K.M.) 



Described from twelve specimens. 



Hypsomus albosuturalis, sp. n. 



Integument red-brown, the pronotum darker ; the head 

 and rostrum with grey scaling turning to whitish round the 

 eyes ; the prothorax brown on the disk, with a median 

 whitish stripe and two lateral ones on each side ; the elytra 

 with a broad white sutural stripe ceasing at a little distance 

 before the apex, brown between strise 1 and 4, dark grey 

 between strias 4 and 8, and whitish between 8 and the 

 lateral margin ; the lower surface densely clothed with 

 whitish scaling. 



Head with fine confluent punctation, which is entirely 

 hidden by flat, contiguous, aud not overlapping scales. 

 Rostrum comparatively long and slender, as long as the head 

 and pronotum together, much narrower than the forehead 

 at the base, subcylindrical throughout, and moderately 

 curved ; a deep lateral punctate stria extending from the 

 base to the antenna?, aud two deep dorsal impunctate stri;e 



