44 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOrTERA [Jan. 19, 



forming a denser ring near apex of femora ; posteiior tarsi with 

 joints of the same width, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st a 

 little longer. 



Cape Colony. 



Type in the Stockholm Museiun. 



27. H. CRiNiGER Mshl. (Plate I. fig. 8.) 

 H. criniger Mshl. 1. c. p. 441 (1902). 

 Long. 16, lat. 6-7 mm. 



Head very convex, punctuation on vertex close but shallow, 

 deeper and more scattered in front, forehead retuse and with a 

 more or less distinct impression ; anteocular furrows deep and 

 complete. Rostrum about as long as prothorax only, cut off from 

 head by a deep dorsal incision, stout, strongly curved, sides sub- 

 parallel to beyond middle, then gently dilated to apex. Upper 

 surface convex, with five strong carinae which are generally smooth 

 and shiny ; lateral sulci bi'oad and deep, the upper pair rather 

 longer and alone meeting at base ; scrobes deep, lateral and 

 oblique ,; inferior basal furrow very deep. Ante7i7ice with scape 

 just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. 

 Prothorax distinctly transverse, the length about equal to the 

 width at base, apex scarcely nari-ower, sides strongly rounded, 

 broadest a little behind middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate, 

 ocular lobes moderately prominent. Upper surface almost plane, 

 closely set with round flattened tubercles, leaving a narrow central 

 furrow without a carina ; tubercles bai'e and without setse, the 

 interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra oblongo-ovate, much 

 narrower in S , shoulders sloping, sides scai'cely rounded, apical 

 processes absent in both sexes, the sutural part slightly raised on 

 the declivity in the $ only. Upper surface slightly convex, 

 striee with regular rows of shallow punctures separated by small 

 granules, alternate intervals more prominent; intervals 1, 3, 5, 

 and 7 with elongate depressed shiny tubercles, each bearing a very 

 long erect black seta ; intervals 2, 4, and 6 with rows of small 

 closely-set granules, each bearing a very short depressed pale seta ; 

 tubercles and granules bare, the interspaces with dense brown 

 scaling more or less variegated with small white patches. Legs 

 with close pale pubescence, slightly thicker near apex of femora ; 

 2nd joint of posterior tarsi shorter than 1st, of equal length to, 

 but narrower than, 3rd. 



Cape Colony. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Entirely resembling H. lacunosus Gyl. in general facies, but in 

 that species the intervals on the elytra are uniform and the 

 grantdes are subequal throughout, there being no elongate 

 tubercles ; moreover, the erect black setse are specially charac- 

 teristic of criniger. 



28. H. DECEPTOR Mshl. (Plate I. fig. 7.) 

 H. deceptor Mshl. 1. c. p. 447 (1902). 

 Long. 13-15, lat. 6-7 mm. ' 



