1904.] 3F THE GEXUS HIPPORRHINUS. 6& 



distinctly curved and dilated towards apex. Upper surface- 

 sti'ongly punctured, with a deep continuous and impunctate central 

 furrow, more or less distinctly dilated into a broad impression near 

 base ; upper lateral sulci obsolete, lower ones distinct but shallow ; 

 scrobes directed to beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow 

 absent. Antennm with scattered Avhite seta? ; scape just reaching' 

 eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, apex rather narrower than base, sides distinctly rounded, 

 broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate, oculai- 

 lobes not much developed. Upper siirface slightly convex, set with 

 small elevated and separated tubercles, leaving a central furrow 

 containing a distinct carina ; tubercles bare, each with a short 

 depressed dark seta, the interstices with dense large round white 

 scales. Elytra ovate, narrower in S , shoulders sloi^ing, sides 

 I'ounded, broadest about middle, apical processes long, shaiply 

 conical, divergent and tvirned upward. Upper surface convex, with 

 regulai- rows of shallow punctures separated by small granules ; 

 interval 1 Avith a row of small depressed elongate tubercles, ceasing 

 behind middle ; interval 2 with only a short apical row of small 

 conical and widely separated tubercles ; intervals 4 and 6 quite 

 smooth ; 3, 5, and 7 with complete rows of small, subconical,, 

 closely-set, more or less depressed and elongate tubercles, which 

 become more conical, more distant, and rather larger towards apex ; 

 tubercles bare, each with a short depressed dark seta, the inter- 

 spaces with large round white scales, which are rather sparse on 

 disk and much denser laterally ; whei'e the scales have been removed 

 a, numbei- of small white dots may be seen. Legs with sparse white 

 scaling ; posterior tarsi broad, with the 2nd joint a little narrower 

 than the other two, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st somewhat 

 longer. 



Cape Ooloxy : Cape Town and the Table Mt. range. 



Mr. Peringuey tells me that he has taken this species only 

 sparingly on heath-flowers on Table Mt. 



55. H. ALBOLiNEATUS Fahr. 



II. alholineattts Flhr. Schonh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 754 (1840). 



Long. 17-22, lat. 6^-9 mm. 



Head convex, with sparse shallow punctuation, forehead with a 

 broad central impression which is a continuation of the rostral 

 furrow ; anteocular furrows deep. Rostrum not incised trans- 

 versely at base, as long as head and prothorax, curved and dilated 

 towards apex. Upper surface with large shallow punctures and 

 Avith a. deep central fin-row throughout which is bi-oadened into a 

 distinct rounded impression at the base ; upper lateral sulcus 

 obsolete, the lowei- one present but shallow ; scrobes dii'ected 

 beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow absent. Antennce 

 with scape just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle sub- 

 equal. Prothorax almost as long as broad, apex scarcely narrower 

 than base, sides slightly rovmded, broadest about middle, dorsal 

 anterior margin truncate, ocular lobes strongly developed. Upper 



