■66 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, 



This fine species appears to be of considerable rarity, and 

 Father O'Neil tells me that in seven years' collecting he has 

 found only nine or ten examples, most of which were captured on 

 the walls of his house in the early morning, and he thinks that it 

 must be entirely nocturnal in its habits. 



51. H. BOHEMAXii Fahr. 



H. hohemanii Fahr. Of v. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. p. 206 (1871). 



Long. 18-28, lat. 8-1 2| mm. 



Head convex, closely and strongly punctured and with scattered 

 brown scaling, forehead often with a shallow central stria ; ante- 

 ocular furrows very deep and approaching closely above. Rostrum 

 not incised dorsally at base, about as long as head and prothorax, 

 strongly curved. Upper surface with a continuous broad but 

 shallow central furrow, with rugose punctuation and brown 

 scaling throughout, sometimes containmg a short smooth central 

 carina near base ; uppei- lateral sulci short and shallow, not 

 meeting at base, the lower pair much longer and deeper ; scrobes 

 directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furiow deep. 

 Antenncs with scape not reaching eye ; the first joint of funicle 

 distinctly longei- than second. Prothorax transverse, apex much 

 narrower than base, sides strongly rounded, broadest about middle,, 

 dorsal anterior margin slightly convex, ocular lobes well developed.. 

 Upper svirface almost plane, with a shallow transverse impression 

 behind apex, closely set with low rounded tubercles, leaving a 

 distinct central fui-row containing a strong low carina ; tubercles 

 bare, each with a depressed pale seta, the interstices with dark 

 brown scaling. Elytra ovate, shoulders sloping, sides moderately 

 rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes very short and 

 blunt in S , longer and shai-per in $ . Upper surface convex, 

 with broad shallow sulci, containing rows of large separated 

 granules ; intervals all similar, each with a row of granules which 

 are smaller and closer than those in the sulci ; gTanules on th& 

 intervals bare, those in the sulci mostly scale-covered, all with 

 depressed pale set^e ; interspaces densely clothed with variegated 

 grey and brown scaling, the scales small and narrow, but not 

 setiform. Legs with sparse pale scaling and setas forming a denser 

 ring near apex of femora ; posterior tarsi with joints of the same 

 width, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st longer. 



Orange Colony : Bothaville {Dr. H. Brauns). Transvaal : 

 Lydenburg. Matabeleland : Buluwayo {J. P. Gregoe). Mashona- 

 LAND : Salisbury, Umtali. Port. E. Africa : Delagoa Bay 

 {H. Junod). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



52. H. chirindensis Mshl. (Plate II. fig. 6.) 

 H. chirindensis Mshl. 1. c. p. 449 (1902). 

 Long. 17, lat. 1 mm. 



Head convex, with indistinct punctures and fairly dense brown 

 squamse, forehead with a distinct central stria ; anteocular furrows. 



