58 Mil. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, 



scaling, foreliead with a small fovea near base of I'ostrum ; ante- 

 ocular fuiTows distinct. Rostrimn not incised at base, about as 

 long as head and prothorax, very thick and bi-oadly dilated at 

 apex, very strongly curved, being porrect in the basal half and 

 then shai'ply deflected, especially in the S , in which the deflection 

 is almost I'ectangulai'. IJjaper surface convex near base, broadly 

 and deeply excavate apically, the sides being there raised into 

 prominent angulated ridges ; punctuation deep, except along a 

 broad smooth central line ; upper la,teiul sulci obsolescent, the 

 lower ones very shallow, not reaching base ; scrobes dii-ected 

 beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow present. Antennce 

 with dense pale pubescence ; scape not nearly i-eaching eye ; the 

 two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax longer than its 

 width at base, which is a little bi-oadei- than apex, sides moderately 

 rounded, broader about middle, dorsal anterior mai-gin distinctly 

 convex, ocular lobes veiy prominent. Upper surface almost 

 plane, set with large separated conical tubei'cles arranged in three 

 irregulai' rows on each side, centi-al furrow large, containing a 

 long and distinct carina ; tubercles bare, smooth, each with a 

 shoi't dark seta, the interstices closely covered with large pale 

 round scales. Elytra oblougo-ovate, shoulders sloping, sides sub- 

 parallel to beyond middle in (^ , slightly i-ounded in 5 , broadest 

 about middle, apical processes short, conical and divergent in both 

 sexes. Upper surface convex, with uneven rows of shallow punc- 

 tures separated by small granules ; interval 1 with a row of 

 granules vanishing behind middle ; interval 2 with only an apical 

 row of six conical tubercles, those on the declivity very lai'ge ; 

 interval 3 with a complete row of tiibercles, small on the basal 

 half, but lai'ge and conical on the declivity ; intervals 4 and 6 

 smooth ; 5 with a very lai-ge boss-like tubercle at base, followed 

 by a row of 10 to 12 small subconical tubercles ; 7 with a complete 

 row of similar tubercles, those at extreme base and apex being 

 rather lai-ge. Tubercles bai-e, each with a short dark depressed 

 seta, the interspaces thinly clothed with lai-ge round pale scales. 

 Legs closely covered with elongate white scales, except the coxte, 

 which ai-e mostly fulvous, the punctuation close but shallow ; 

 posterior tarsi with joints of about the same width, 2nd and 3rd 

 subequal in length, 1st a little longer. 



Namaqualand : O'okiep [L. Peringuey). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This very stiiking species was found by Mi-. Pei-inguey in some 

 abundance in Little Namaqualand at an altitude of about 3500 ft., 

 and always under dead Euphoi-bias oi- Mesembryanthemums. 



43. H. NESTOR Mshl. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



H. nestor Mshl. Ann. N. H. (7) x. p. 405 (1902). 



Long. 20, lat. 8, apical spines 2 mm. 



Head convex, with deep scattered punctvires and large white 

 scales, forehead with a shoi-t central stria ; anteocular furrows 

 faint, the lower half obsolete. Rostrum not incised at base, as 



