1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS, 91 



about as long as head and prothorax, stout and slightly cui'ved. 

 Upper surface convex in basal half, almost plane anteriorly, 

 without any central furrow or carina, with deep setigerous punc- 

 tuation leaving a nari-ow smooth central line ; lower lateral sulci 

 faint, the upper ones much longer and deeper, meeting at base ; 

 scrobes directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furi-ow 

 deep. Antemue with scape not quite reaching eye ; the two 

 basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax about as long as 

 broad, base and apex of equal width, sides sti'ongly rounded, 

 broadest rather before middle, ocular lobes well developed. Upper 

 sui'face convex, with comparatively large, separated, subconical 

 tuljercles, leaving a broad central furrow containing a well- 

 developed carina ; tubercles bare, shiny, each with a short de- 

 pressed seta, the interstices with fulvous scaling, paler laterally. 

 Elytra oblongo-ovate, shoulders roundedly prominent, sides veiy 

 slightly rounded, broadest just behind shoulders ; apical processes 

 veiy short and blunt in 5 . Upper sui-face convex, with regular 

 rows of fovete occasionally inteiTupted by faint gi-anules ; interval 

 1 without distinct granules ; interval 2 with only a short apical 

 row of four or five sharply conical tubercles ; intei'val 3 with a 

 basal row of rather smaller subconical tubercles terminating 

 Aljout middle ; 4 and 6 plane ; 5 and 7 with complete rows 

 of sharp conical tubercles ; the tubercles, which are of nearly 

 •equal size throughout, are bare and shiny, and each with a de- 

 pressed apical seta, the interspaces with dark brown scaling 

 vaiiegated Avith lighter patches. Legs with dark scaling and seta?, 

 except for a ring of white scales near apex of femora ; posterior 

 tai'si with the joints of about the same width, 2nd and 3rd 

 subequal in length, 1st rathei- longer. 



Traxsvaal : Lydenbui-g. 



Type in the British Museum. 



80. H. deplorabundus Fahr. 



//. deplorahtmdus Fahr. Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. p. 209 (1871). 



Long. 13, lat. 5| mm. 



Head convex, with close shallow punctures and dense fulvous 

 scaling, forehead with an elongate fovea ; anteocular furi'ows 

 deep. Rostrum not incised dorsally at base, as long as pi-othorax 

 only, moderately curved, upper surface coarsely punctured, with 

 scattered pale scaling and a complete centi*al furrow, which is 

 narrow near base but broadly dilated beyond middle, its edges 

 being there bluntly carinate ; lateral sulci shallow and indistinct, 

 the upper pair meeting at base which is slightly raised ; scrobes 

 broad and deep, directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal 

 furi'ow distinct. Antennce with scape not reaching eye ; the two 

 basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax about as long as 

 broad, apex a little narrower than base, sides strongly rounded, 

 broadest before middle, anterior margin slightly convex, ocular 

 lobes very strongly developed. Upper surface rather convex, 

 with elevated rounded tubercles, not very closely set, leaving a 



