1904.] OP THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 37 



funicle subequal. Prothorax a little broader than long, the length 

 greater than the width at base, which is broader than apex ; sides 

 modei-ately rounded, broadest about middle ; ocular lobes strongly 

 developed. Upper surface slightly convex, closely set with small 

 rounded tubercles having scarcely perceptible setas, central fuii'ow 

 very narrow and without a carina ; tubercles bare, shiny, the 

 interstices with whitish scaling forming three ill- defined stripes. 

 Elytra broadly ovate, shoulders prominent and subrectangular, 

 sides very little dilated, broadest much before middle, apical 

 processes very long and sharp. Upper surface convex, with 

 shallow sulci containing regular rows of granules, which are very 

 much reduced towards apex ; the intervals with single I'ows of 

 small tubercles, which are depi'essed and leather elongate in the 

 dorsal area, but elevated towai-ds the sides and a,pex ; tubei'cles 

 shining and mostly without setJB, the inter'spaces with scattered 

 patches of whitish scaling, the scales being very large and circular. 

 Legs with sparse white scaling and pale setae ; the thi'ee basal 

 joints of posterior tarsi subequal in length and breadth, the 

 onychium elongate, about equal to the three preceding joints 

 together. 



Cape Colony. 



Type in the British Museum. 



A very distinct species, superficially resembling H. verrucellus 

 Gyl., but rea.dily distinguished by the long apical spines, as well 

 as by the presence of a strong central carina on the rostrum. 



19. H. corpulentus Gyl. 



H. corpulentus Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 783 (1840). 



Long. 14, lat. 7 mm. 



Head convex, covered with large deep punctures, forehead 

 deeply and longitudinally rugose ; anteocular furrows distinct. 

 Rostrum separated from head by a deep dorsal incision, thick and 

 curved, shorter than prothorax. Upper surface with five strong- 

 narrow carinse, the central one often bifid at apex, the interspaces 

 with lai-ge shallow punctures ; lateral sulci deep and distinct, of 

 about equal length, the upper pair meeting at base ; scrobes lateral 

 and oblique ; gense strongly strigose ; inferior basal furrow 

 present. Antenna} with scape barely reaching eye ; 1st joint of 

 funicle a little longer than 2nd. Prothorax as long as broad, 

 apex much narrower than base, sides slightly rounded, broadest 

 behind middle, dorsal anterior margin slightly convex, ocular lobes 

 very strong. Upper surface almost plane, densely and evenly set 

 with large rounded granules without setae ; central furrow quite 

 wanting ; scaling absent. Elytra short ovate, jointly sinuate at 

 base, shoulders prominent and subacute, sides moderately rounded, 

 broadest about middle, apical processes minute. Upper surface 

 convex, with indistinct sulci filled with rows of large granules ; 

 intervals all similar, each with a row of granules which are smaller 

 and much more closely set than those in the sulci ; scales spai'se, 

 large, round and whitish ; some of the granules with short 



