1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 89" 



behind middle but sometimes continued to apex and more or less 

 duplicated and agglomerated in the basal half ; intervals 5 and 7 

 with similar, but complete rows ; 4 and 6 smooth, or at most with 

 a few small isolated tubercles ; apices of tubercles bare and with 

 dark depressed setfe, interstices with dense brown setiform scaling. 

 Legs with scattered brown scaling and settle, forming a denser ring" 

 near apex of femoi-a ; posterior tarsi with the joints of about same 

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



Angola : Huilla, 3800-5500 ft. {Dr. Welwiisch). Ovampolaxd 

 (A. W. Eriksson). 



Type in the South African Museum. 



Allied to ivahlhergi Boh., but differs in its strongly convergent 

 anteocular furrows, the narrow and shallow thoracic furrow, and 

 the presence of an apical row of tubercles on interval 2 of the elytra. 



77. H. asper Mshl. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



H. asper Mshl. 1. c. p. 445 (1902). 



Long. 11-12, lat. 4^-5 mm. 



Head convex, vertex closely and finely punctured and with 

 dense fulvous scaling, forehead bare, dispersely punctured and 

 with a distinct central fovea ; anteocular furrows distinct. Ros- 

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

 curved and dilated to apex. Upper surface with a distinct central 

 furrow, which is narrow at base and dilated antei'iorly, its sides 

 being bluntly costate, distinctly punctured except on a smooth 

 narrow central line, the pitnctures bearing depressed setse ; lowei* 

 lateral sulci almost obs<.)lete, the upper ones distinct and meeting 

 at base ; scrobes directed beneath base of rostrum ; infei-ior basal 

 furrow shallow. Antennoi with scape not reaching eye ; the two 

 basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax broader than long, 

 apex about as wide as base, sides strongly dilated before middle 

 owing to the presence of several large lateral tubercles, dorsal 

 anterior margin convex, ocular lobes strongly developed. Upper 

 surface convex, with large elevated tubercles, bearing depressed 

 setse and leaving a deep central furrow containing a strong carina 

 and with its margins subcostate ; the interstices with fulvovis 

 scaling. Elytra ovate, shoulders roundedly prominent, sides 

 slightly rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes short 

 and blunt in both sexes. Upper surface convex, with regular 

 rows of fovese separated by small granules ; interval 1 with an 

 indistinct row of granules vanishing behind middle ; interval 2 

 with only three to five prominent tubercles on the declivity ; 

 interval 3 with a row of seven or eight elevated tubercles ter- 

 minating abruptly just behind middle ; 4 and 6 smooth ; 5 and 7 

 with regular and complete rows of elevated tubercles ; scaling- 

 sparse, variegated brown and fulvous. Legs with scattered scales 

 and a denser pale ring near apex of femora ; posterior tarsi with the 

 joints of about the same width, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 

 1st longer. 



Natal. Transvaal : Lydenburg. 



Type in the British Museum. 



