88 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19^ 



pale setfe, interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, shoulders sloping, sides strongly rounded, broadest about 

 middle, apical processes short and blunt in both sexes. Upper 

 surface conA'ex, with regular rows of shallow pvmctures separated 

 by distinct granules ; intei'vals dissimilar, all tubercles small and 

 subequal throvighout ; interval 1 with a row of small granules 

 disappearing behind middle ; interval 2 with a few tubercles at 

 base and a short subcristate row on the declivity ; intervals 3, 5^ 

 and 7 with more oi" less duplicated rows of small tubercles which 

 are agglomerated so as to form strong costae ; intervals 4 and 6 

 plane ; tubercles bai-e, with short depressed pale setse ; scaling-^ 

 rather narrow, sparse and light brown in colour. Legs with 

 scattered pale scaling and setse, forming a denser- ring neai' apex 

 of femora ; posterior tarsi with joints of the same width, 2nd and 

 3rd subequal in length, 1st longei". 



Angola : Huilla {Dr. Welwitsch). 



Type in the British Museum. 



The Angolan representative of ff. vmhlhergi Boh., but its very 

 short subglobose elytra (especially in the $ ) give it a very 

 different appearance from any of its allies. 



76. H. ovampoensis Per. 



H. ovampoeoisisVer. Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. 1892, p. 75. 



Long. 17-22, lat. 8-1 0| mm. 



Head closely but faintly punctured and with dense brown 

 scaling, vertex convex, forehead slightly flattened and with an 

 elongate central fovea ; anteocular furrows very deej), sti'ongly 

 convergent above, only separated from the central fovea by a 

 narrow costa. Rostrum not incised at base, about as long as head 

 and prothoi-ax, distinctly curved. Upper surface coarsely 

 punctured and with suberect dai-k setae, a narrow shallow central 

 furrow thi'oughout ; upper lateral sulci narrow and evidently 

 united at base, lower sulci broader, deeper and longer ; scrobes 

 directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow present. 

 Antennce with scape scarcely reaching eye ; the two basal joints 

 of funicle subequal. Prothorax rather longer than the width at 

 base, which is broader thaii apex, sides dilated and with a sharp 

 tubercular projection about middle, anterior margin slightly 

 convex, ocular lobes well developed. UpjDer surface convex, fairly 

 closety set with small rounded tubercles, leaving an indistinct 

 central furrow containing a short low carina ; tubercles bare and 

 with depressed pale setaj, interstices with dense brown scaling. 

 Elytra very short ovate in both sexes, shoulders sloping, sides 

 strongly rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes short 

 and acuminate in both sexes. Upper surface convex, striae with 

 rows of ill-defined punctures separated by gi'anules ; interval 1 

 with a row of minute distant granules ; interval 2 usually smooth 

 to beyond middle, wheie thei'e are one or two small isolated 

 tubercles and a subcristate row of larger tubercles on the declivity; 

 interval 3 with a row of small subconical tubercles, usually ceasing 



