1904.] OF THE GEXUS HIPPORRHINUS. 81 



eye ; the two basal joints of f unicle subequal. Prothorax rather 

 trans\^erse, the length greater than the width at base, which is 

 broader than apex, sides strongly dilated, subangulated, broadest 

 rather before middle, doi'sal anterior margin slightly convex, 

 ocular lobes strongly developed. Upper surface almost plane, set 

 with elevated roiinded tubercles arranged in six rather irregular 

 rows and leaving a deep central furrow containing a strong 

 carina; tubercles each with a dark depressed seta, and thinly 

 clothed, as well as the interstices, with brown setiform scaling ; 

 below the lateral row of tubercles is a broad stiipe of large round 

 whitish scales. Elytra ovate, shoulders sloping, sides gently 

 rounded, broadest rathei' before middle, apical processes long, 

 blunt and approximated. Upper surface convex, with regular 

 rows of shallow punctures separated by granules ; interval 1 with 

 ti row of small tubercles disappearing behind middle ; interval 2 

 with only a very short subcristate I'ow of small conical tubercles 

 on the declivity ; intervals 3, 5, and 7 each with a I'ow of small 

 conical tubercles, more or less interrupted near base, that on 3 

 ceasing abruptly behind middle ; 4 and 6 plane ; tubercles scale- 

 covered and each with a depressed dark seta ; scaling dark bi-own, 

 each elytron with a large subquadrate paler patch at the shoulder 

 and another subtriangular one on the declivity. Legs w4th sparse 

 fulvous setiform scaling and a ring of broad whitish scales neai' 

 apex of femora; posterior tarsi with joints of equal width, 1st 

 longer than 3rd, and 3rd than 2nd. 



Natal : Durban (C. X. Barker). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



68, H. scABER, sp. nov. 



Long. 16, lat. 7 mm. 



Head convex, faintly punctured, forehead not flattened and with 

 A central sti-ia ; anteocular furrows very deep. Rostrum not 

 incised dorsally at base, as long as head and prothorax, strongly 

 curved. Upper surface convex at base, shallowly excavate towards 

 apex, coarsely punctured except for a smooth central line and with 

 its edges narrowly carinate ; lateral sulci not meeting at base, the 

 upper pair narrow and shallow, the lower ones absent ; scrobes 

 directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow obsolete. 

 Antennce with scape barely reaching eye ; the two basal joints of 

 f unicle subequal. Prothorax as long as broad, apex rather nar- 

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

 dorsal anterior margin lobate, ocular lobes veiy strongly deve- 

 loped. Upper surface convex, set with large rounded tubercles, 

 leaving a very distinct central fiu*row containing a strong carina ; 

 tubercles bare and shiny, each with a very short depressed seta, 

 intei'stices with dense brown scaling. Elytra oblongo- ovate, 

 shoulders rounded, sides very little rounded, broadest before 

 middle, apical pi-ocesses very short but acute. Upper surface 

 convex, strife with very regular rows of deep punctures without 

 intervening granules ; interval 1 with a row of granules which 

 Proc. Zool. See— 1904, Vol. I. ^^o. VI. 6 



