56 MTt. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jail. 19^ 



40. H. ABRUPTECOSTATUS Gvl. 



H. ahrujitecostatus Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 463 (1833). 



E. S2)ectrtim Gyl. (pars) op. c. v. p. 748 (1840). 



Long. 29, lat. 12 mm. 



Head convex, closely but shallowly punctured and with dense 

 fulvous scaling on vertex, forehead with an elongate central fovea ; 

 anteocular furrows deep, convergent above. Bostram as long as 

 head and prothorax, not incised dorsally at base, strongly curved 

 beyond middle, but straight near base. Upper surface almost 

 plane basally, broadl}^ excavate anteriorly, with the edges obtusely 

 raised, with even shallow punctuation and fine brown scaling"" 

 throughout ; upper lateral sulci very faint and not meeting at 

 base, the lower pair much longer and deeper ; scrobes directed to 

 beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow shallow. An- 

 tennce with scape not reaching eye ; tlie two basal joints of funicle 

 subequal. Proiliorax transverse, but the length greater than the 

 width at base, which is a little broader than the apex, sides dilated 

 into a strong tuberculate angular projection before middle, ante- 

 rior margin rather convex and raised into a callus, ocular lobes 

 well developed. Uj^jjer surface almost plane, with a transverse 

 impression just behind apex, faiily closely but unevenly set with 

 low rounded tubercles, leaving a distinct central furrow containing 

 a low carina, and also a short curved bare sj)ace on each side ; 

 tubercles with short depressed pale seta?, they, as well as the 

 interstices, fairly closely covered with brown scaling. Elytra 

 elongato-ovate, shoulders sloping, sides distinctly rounded, broadest 

 before middle, apical processes large, divergent, and sharply pointed 

 in $ , i-ather shorter and blunter in c? • Upper surface convex, 

 with regular rows of shallow punctures separated by small 

 granules ; interval 1 Avith a row of granules vanishing behind 

 middle ; interval 2 with only an apical row of small closely- set 

 granules which is strongly cristate on the declivity ; intervals 3, 

 5, and 7 with rows of agglomerated granules forming distinct 

 costse, all of which cease before apex ; intervals 4 and 6 quite 

 smooth ; granules bare, each with a depressed pale seta ; scaling 

 small, rounded, fairty dense, dark brown A'ariegated with small 

 paler spots and patches. Apical margin of foui-th abdominal 

 segment in 5 with four very distinct sharp horizontal projections; 

 abdomen of S normal. Legs with scattered fulvous scaling- 

 forming a dense ring round apex of femora ; posterior tarsi 

 broad, sjDongy beneath, the joints of about the saiiie width, 2nd 

 and 3rd subequal in length, 1st I'ather longer. 



Cape Colony (iS'/r A. Smith). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



Although Gyllenhal himself subsequently sunk this species as a 

 synonj'iii of E. spectrum. F., I cannot doubt that it is a distinct 

 species ; for apart from the remaikable abdominal character in the 

 5 and the compression of the elytra postei'iorly, these latter are 

 miore acuminate apicalh" and the costa^ on them are much more 



