1904.] OF THE GEXUS HIPPORRHI^-^US. 41 



anterior margin almost concave, ocular lobes moderate. Upper 

 surface convex, closely granulate, except for a very narrow central 

 furrow containing no carina ; granules bare at apex and with 

 depressed pale setae, interstices v/ith dense brown scaling. Elytra 

 elongato-ovate, very narrow in S , being scarcely broader than 

 the prothorax, sides gradually rounded, broadest rather before 

 middle, apical processes minute tuberculif orm and widely separated 

 in 5 5 absent in c? , Upper surface convex, the strise with rows 

 of shallow punctures ; intervals each with a regular I'ow of 

 granules, those on 3, 5, and 7 being a little more prominent than 

 the others ; interval 3 with a single granule on the declivity 

 larger than the others ; granules with their apices only bare and 

 with pale depressed setee ; scaling dense, uniform earthy brown. 

 Legs with fine white^setee, forming a denser ring near apex of 

 femora ; posterior tai'si rather narrow, 3rd joint slightly broader 

 than the others, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st longer. 



Cape CoLoisrY : Algoa Bay (Dr. H. Brauns). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species, of which Dr. Brauns has kindly sent me five 

 specimens, is like a very small and narrow hituherculatus, but in 

 addition to the differently shaped prothorax it may be distinguished 

 by the plicate forehead, which is not impressed as in that species. 



24. H. CAPENSis (L.). 



CurcuUo capensis L. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 59 (1764) ; Herbst, Col. 

 vi. p. 286, t. 82. f. 3 (1797) ; Sparrm. Act. Holm. i. p. 48, t. 2. 

 f. 16 (1785) ; 01. Ent. v. 83, p. 393, t. 5. f. 52 & t. 9. ff". 109, 110 

 (1807). 



H. capensis Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 483 (1883). 



? Ctcrculio capistratus F. Mant. i. p. 120 (1787). 



? R. capistratus Gyl. op. c. v. p. 786 (1840). 



Long. 14-20, lat. 5-81 mm. 



Head closely and deeply punctured, with sparse brownish scaling, 

 vertex convex, forehead retuse; anteocular furrows deep. Rostrum 

 separated from head by a deep dorsal incision, almost as long as 

 head and prothorax, thick, strongly curved, and scarcely dilated 

 at apex. Upper surface rugosely punctured and with thin pale 

 scaling, with five strong carinse, the central one smooth and the 

 others coarsely punctured ; lateral sulci deep, of equal length, the 

 upper pair uniting at base ; scrobes deep, lateral and parallel Avith 

 sulci ; inferior basal furrow very deep. Anteniice with dense, 

 fine, grey scaling ; scape barely reaching eye ; the two basal 

 joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax as long as broad in S ? 

 transverse in $ , apex narrower than base, sides rounded, broadest 

 about middle in (^ ? behind middle in 5 > dorsal anterior margin 

 truncate or very slightly convex, ocular lobes well developed. 

 Upper surface convex, closely set with low i-ounded granules, 

 leaving a very narrow and often ill-defined central furrow ; 

 granules bare, each with a minute depressed seta, the interstices 

 with brown or greyish scaling. Elytra ovate in $ , very narrow 



