1906.] NKW AFRICAK CURCULIONID/E. '.)2S)' 



scaling ; the iinteiior tibiiB more curved interiorly in the c? ;, 

 posterior tarsi with the three joints suhequul in length, the second 

 a little narrower than the others. 



Cape Colony : Bredasdorp iyH. Fry). 



Types, (S in the British Museum, $ in the tSouth African 

 Museum. 



A somewhat distinct species, owing to its regularly and deeply 

 foveate elytra. It comes, perhaps, nearest to jj«r<i7'«.s Cyl., but 

 in that species there is no inferior basal furrow on the rostrum, 

 the forehead is deeply excavate, and the elytra are moi-e elongate 

 and less distinctly foveate. 



HlPPORRHINUS MONTANUS, sp. nOV, 



■ Long. 171—18, lat. 74 mm. 



Head convex, with close deep punctuation on vertex ; forehead 

 more sparsely punctured, with two shallow imjn-essions in J , 

 which are obsolescent in 5 ; anteocular furrows deep, converging 

 dorsally. liostrum not cut off' from head at base, but much 

 elevated dorsally, as long as prothorax only, thick, curved and 

 strongly dilated apically; upjDer surface shallowly impressed 

 towar'ds apex, slightly convex in the basal half and with a deep 

 central stria which vanishes anterioi'ly ; lateral sulci deep, 

 the upper paii- much longei- and uniting deeply at the base, 

 lowei- pail- not luiiting, each foi-ming a large ti'iangular fovea, ; 

 scrobes veiy deep, directed beneath base of rosti-um, but not 

 uniting ; the inferior basal fuiTow being absent. Antenncc short 

 and stout ; scape scarcely reaching eye and coai'sely punctui-ed ; 

 funicle with first joint much longer than second. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, apex narrower than base, sides rounded, 

 brojtdest ratlier before middle, anterior margin ti'uncate dorsally; 

 ocular lobes veiy prominent ; upper surface slightly convex, some- 

 what closely set with rounded tubercles, leaving a central furrow 

 containing i\. broad abbi'cviated caiina ; tubercles bare, each witli 

 a depressed dark seta, the intei-stices with grey scaling. Elytra 

 subova,te, similarly sha.ped in both sexes, shouldei'S prominent and 

 subrectangular, sides slightly rounded, broadest about middle; 

 apical processes obsolescent ; upper surface convex, with i-egulai- 

 rows of large reticulate fovepe, the intervals nari/ow, 1, 3, 5, and 7 

 being distinctly costate, smooth and devoid of granules, the 

 remaining intervals def)ressed and transversely plicate, but 

 irregular and sometimes indistinct ; colour black, with sparse 

 minute pale scaling. Legs stout, with very scattered pale scaling ; 

 the posterior tibite strongly dentate internally; the tarsi broad, 

 the basal joints of equal width, but the second shorter than the 

 first and third. 



Cape Colony : Matroosbei'g (i>r. Marloth). 



Types, S in the British Museum, $ in the (South African 

 Museum. 



This species will stand next to delectans Hbst., with which it 

 agrees very closely in its rostral structure (except that the lower 



