1906.] NEW AFRICAN CURCULIONIKiE. 931 



coiitiiiuecl beneath the eyes in the foi'm of a distinct naiTow 

 furrow. Antemim long and slender, piceous, with veiy fine gi'ey 

 pubescence ; first joint of funicle as long as the club. Prothorax 

 slightly longer than bi'oad, obliquely ti'uncate at apex, steeply 

 retuse at base which is not broader than the apex, sides rounded, 

 broadest at iniddle, shallowly constricted and transversely im- 

 pressed anteriorly ; upper surface very convex, with even rugose 

 punctuation and a high naiTOw central carina. Elytra ovate, 

 narrower in c? , shoulders sloping, sides rounded, broadest about 

 middle ; upper surface convex, not stiiate, but with i-egular rows 

 of minute granides in lieu of stripe dorsally and with rows of 

 punctures laterally; the intervals 1, 3, and 5 with rows of small 

 tubercles, each of which bears a very short depressed seta, intervals 

 2 and 4 plane, often with abbreviated or interrupted rows of small 

 granules, 6 and 7 moi-e convex and usually granulate, the outei- 

 intervals j^lane and smooth. Legs long and slender, piceous, with 

 pale pubescence ; tarsi elongate, the third joint deeply bilobed ; 

 femora strongly clavate, the posterior paii- almost reaching the 

 apex of elytra in c? , much shorter in 5 . 



Cape CoLONy : Algoa Bay [Dr. H. Brauns). 



Types, d in the British Museum, $ in the Oxford Museum. 



Cyclomus simplex, sp. nov. (Plate LXYI. fig. 7.) 



Long. 5f-9f , lat. 2f-4 mm. 



Colour black, with fairly dense, grey or light brown, long, 

 recumbent pubescence. 



Head very convex, coarsely and closely punctured, thinly 

 pubescent ; eyes short ovate, very prominent. Rostrum shortei- 

 than the head, coarsely punctured, the scrobes evanescent 

 posteriorly, passing obliquely much below the eyes. Antennm 

 moderately slender, piceous, with fine long grey pubescence ; the 

 club longer than first joint of funicle. Prothorax broader than 

 long, obliquely truncate at apex, strongly retuse at base, sides 

 strongly rounded, broadest at middle, slightly constricted neai- 

 apex ; upper surface subdepi-essed, longitudinally rugose, without 

 any central carina and with recumbent pale pulDescence. Elytra 

 ovate, subacuminate apically, shoulders rounded, broadest before 

 middle ; upper surface convex, with deep striee containing i-ows of 

 granules, the intervals broad and plane in 5 ■, narrower and moi'e 

 convex in c? , but all evenly raised, finely coriaceous, devoid of 

 tubercles and with long depressed pale pubescence. Legs com- 

 paratively stout, piceous, with long grey pubescence ; third tarsal 

 joint strongly bilobed. 



Cape Colony : Grahamstown. 



Types, $ in the British Museum, c? in the Oxfoixl Museum. 



This insect may be readily distinguished from all its congeners 

 by its smooth even elytra. 



I have received five sj)ecimens through Dr. Horn labelled 

 " Natal," but the locality seems doubtful. 



