1904.] OF THE GEXUS HIPPORRHINUS. 73 



without setfe, the interspaces with small patches of dense yeUow 

 scales, forming more ox' less regular rows of spots along the 

 intei-viils. Legs with dense yellow scaling variegated witli 

 numerous bai-e black spots ; postei'ior tarsi broad, the joints sub- 

 equal in length and breadth. 



Natal (}.teste Jekel). 



Type in the British Museum. 



I have seen only the unique type of this species. It is most 

 neai-ly allied to nivostos Sparrm., but also bears some resemblance 

 to insignis Fahr. From both these species it may be distin- 

 guished by the absence of the inferior basal ftuTOAv on the rostrum, 

 and in having the dorsal edges of the latter sharply carinate right 

 up to the base, but they are not raised into a sharp angle in front 

 as is the case with nivosus. H. macidatus agrees with nivosus and 

 differs from insignis in having the tubercles on intei-val 2 more 

 prominent than those on 3. 



59. H. C4L0BIFER (F.). 



CurcnUo glohifer F. Svst. Ent. A pp. p. 823 (1775); 01. Ent. v. 

 83, p. 388, t. 11. f. 135 (1807). 



H. iaherit'er Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 466 (1833). 



H. misii/menus Gyl. 1. c. 



R. ruhlfer Gyl. (iiec F.) 1. c. p. 468 (1833). 



H. Uiberifer Fahr. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 751 (1840). 



H. onisumenus Fahr. 1. c. 



Long. 21-29, lat. 9-12i mm. 



Head convex, with close shallow punctuation and fine fulvous 

 scaling, forehead with a short stida; anteocular furrows deep. 

 Rostrum not incised at base, about as long as head and pi-othorax, 

 stout, curved and dilated apically. Upper surface plane or slightly 

 convex at base, shallowly excavate towards apex, with a broad 

 smooth central line, the sides being distinctly punctured and 

 scattered with fulvous setse ; lateral sulci not meeting at base, the 

 upper pair faint, the lower long and deep ; scrobes deep, directed 

 beneath rostrum ; infei-ior basal furi-ow distinct. Antemue with 

 scape not neai-ly reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle 

 subequal. Prothorax about as long as broad, apex nai'rower than 

 base, sides rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin 

 convex, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface convex, 

 moderately closely set with large rounded tubercles, leaving a 

 distinct centi-al fuiTow containing a faint carina, and also a 

 narrow smooth lateral line on each side; tubercles bare, with 

 depressed bi'own setfe, the interstices with fulvous scaling, the 

 central furrow and lateral lines being paler and sometimes white. 

 Elytra ol;>iongo-ova,te, slightly broader in 5 , shoulders sloj^ing, 

 sides rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes in both 

 sexes stout, sharply conical and turned slightly upwards. Uppei' 

 surface convex, with regular rows of small granules instead of 

 punctures ; intei-val 1 granulate ; 2 with a i-ow of widely-separated 

 depi'essed tubei-cles ; intervals 3, 5, and 7 subcostate, with row 



