1906.] NEW AFRICAN CURCULIONIU^. 953 



apex, bi'oader than pi'othorax at shoiildeis, which are rounded 

 and very sloping, and from there very gradually narrowed to 

 apex ; upper surface convex, gihbous, deepest just behind 

 shoulders and I'apidiy declivous posteriorly, with I'egular rows of 

 large deep foveolas ; the intervals narrow, finely aciculate and 

 without any trace of tubercles or fascicles ; sculpturing partially 

 hidden by fine scaling which is light brown on disk, becoming 

 indefinitely paler towards apex, with a triangular j^ellowish-white 

 patch round scutellum, and a large white triangular lateral patch, 

 the base of which extends along almost the entire margin, the 

 apex reaching the fifth stiia. Legs punctate, covered with dense 

 light brown scaling. 



Natal: Verulam {G. A. K. 31.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Apart from its very different coloration, this species differs 

 from P. aff'aher Boh. in its veiy sloping shoulders (in the latter 

 they are roundly rectangular), in its narrower and more finely 

 punctured I'ostrum, in the absence of any tubercles or fascicles on 

 the elytra, and the smaller and moie i'egular foveola^ on the 

 basal half. 



7*. niveus may be distinguished from the pi'esent species not 

 only by its striking colouring, but also by its more elongate, 

 parallel-sided and tuberculate elytra, which, moreover, are not so 

 much produced apically as in affaher or triangularis. 



Endeus floralis, sp. nov. (Plate LXVII. fig. 1 .) 



Long. 3-3|, lat. 1|— If- mm. 



Colour entirely dark fulvous, Avith only the eyes black ; eveidy 

 clothed vv^ith fine recumbent yellow pubescence, which is not, 

 liowever, sufficiently dense to conceal the sculpturing. 



Head convex ; eyes rather prominent, the space between them 

 about half the width of the rostrum. Rosirimi as long as the 

 prothorax in S , distinctly longer in § , subcylindrical, slightly 

 curved, strigoso-punctate and finely pubescent above. Antennce 

 comparatively short and stout, inserted about middle in § , h^it 

 well in front of middle in S . Prothorax much broader than 

 long, strongly constricted close to apex, which is obliquely 

 truncate, base much broader and subtruncate, sides strongly 

 rounded, broadest behind middle; upper surface convex, with 

 close distinct punctuation throughout. Elytra oblongo-ovate, 

 comparatively broad (2-| x If mm.), with fine distinctly punctured 

 strise, the intervals almost plane, finely aciculate; pubescence 

 fine, quite recumbent and with a silky appearance. Legs with a 

 stout tooth on all the femora, the anterior tibiae strongly dilated 

 towards apex. 



Tyi'KS, (^ in the British Museum, 5 in the Oxford Museum. 



Masiionaland : Salisbury {G. A. K. M.). 



I have found this species in the flowers of Crinum, Protea, and 

 Anona senegalensis, and have also taken it flying at sundown. 



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