1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS, 23 



apical processes rudimentary in J — long, stout and sharp in $ , 

 being porrect and subparallel. Upper suiface convex, with broad 

 sulci containing rows of minute separated granules ; the intervals 

 narrowly carinate, each with a regular row of large closely placed 

 granules, which become subconical near apex, except on intervals 

 2 and 4, where they vanish altogether on the declivity ; the 

 granules bare, each with a shoi-t suberect dark seta, the inter- 

 spaces with dense brown scaling. Legs with sparse pale seta; ; 

 the posterior tarsi with the 3rd joint a trifle broader than the 

 others, 2nd and 3rd subequal, 1st rather longer. 



Cape Colony : Uitenhage {Rev. J. A. O'Neil), Willowmore 

 {Dr. H. Brauns). 



Type in the (Stockholm Museum. 



The only near ally of this species is cornirosfris Gyl., from 

 which it differs in the less closely tuberculate prothorax, the 

 greater elevation of the intei-vals on the elytra, the abrupt cessation 

 of the gi'anules on intervals 2 and 4 at the top of the declivity, 

 and the much longer and stouter apical processes in the $ . 

 Father O'Neil informs me that both species are scarce at Uitenhage, 

 especially cornirostris ; they are both found in loose soil under 

 the curious plant locally known as the Tortoise Bush. 



2. H. coRNiiiosTRis Gyl. 



H. cornirostris Gyl. Schonh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 787 (1840). 



Long. 15-21, lat. 6-9 mm. 



Read convex, with sparse and shallow punctuation ; forehead 

 somewhat impressed, without any fovea or carina ; anteocular 

 furrows distinct. Rostrum separated from head by a transverse 

 basal incision, as long as prothorax only, slightly curved, dilated 

 towards apex. Upper surface with five distinct carinse, the three 

 central ones converging at base to form a stout tubercle, the 

 median carina is smooth and narroAver than the others, which are 

 more or less strongly punctured ; lateral sulci deep and of equal 

 length, the upper paii- uniting at base ; scrobes deep, entirely 

 lateral and parallel to the sulci ; inferior basal furrow very deep. 

 Antennae with the scape just reaching eye ; the two basal joints 

 of funicle subequal. Prothorax as long as broad in S , bi-oader 

 than long in 5 i apex narrower than base, sides strongly rounded, 

 broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin convex, ocular lobes 

 well developed. Upper surface rather convex, very closely set 

 with small low rounded tubercles, leaving a very narrow central 

 furrow containing no carina ; tubercles each with a very short 

 dark depressed seta, interstices with dense brown scaling. 

 Elytra oblongo-ovate, elongate in c? , more ampliated in $ , 

 shoulders sloping, apical processes (in 2 only) sharply conical. 

 Upper surface convex, with shallow sulci containing rows of 

 distinct granules ; the intervals all similar, each with a regular 

 row of small granules, more closely set than those in the sulci ; 

 granules each with a depressed dark seta, the interstices with 

 fulvous scaling which is usually abraded. Legs rather long, with 



