92 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, 



narrow but deep central furrow containing a faint carina which 

 is more or less hidden by scaling ; tubercles bai'e at their apices 

 only, each with a depressed pale seta ; scaling dense, fulvous, 

 except at the sides and in the central furrow where it is white. 

 Elytra ovate, shoulders roundedly prominent, sides not much 

 rounded, broadest about or befoi-e middle, apical prominences 

 very short and blvmt. Upper surface convex, with regular rows 

 of rather ill-defined fovese ; intei'vals dissimilar, all tubercles 

 small, those near sides and apex subconical ; interval 1 with a 

 row of small scale-covered granules terminating at middle ; 

 interval 2 with only a short apical row of tubercles ; intervals 

 4 and 6 smooth ; 3, 5, and 7 with regular and comj)lete rows of 

 tubercles ; tubercles bare at their extreme apices only, each with 

 a depressed pale seta ; scaling dense, dark brown, variegated with 

 three ill-defined patches on each elytron, viz. a large one at base, 

 another on the declivity, and a much smaller one about middle. 

 Legs with scattered pale setfe and scaling, forming a denser ring 

 near apices of femoi-a ; posterior tarsi narrow, setose, the joints 

 of the same width, 2nd and 3rd subeqvial in length, 1st longer. 



Transvaal : Lydenburg {Dr. J. W. B. Gunning). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum, 



81. H. CRISP ATUS F. 



Gurculio crispatus F. Spec. Ins. i. p, 194 (1781) ; Herbst, CoL 

 vi. p. 322, t. 85. f. 7 (1795); 01. Ent. v. 83, p. 389, t. 13. f. 160 

 (1807). 



Long. 15-19, lat. 7-9| mm. 



Head convex, with deep reticulate fovea3 and sparse brown 

 scaling, forehead with a distinct longitudinal impression ; ante- 

 ocular furrows obsolescent. Kostrum not incised at base, as long- 

 as prothorax, dilated near apex, gently and evenly curved. 

 Upper surface with large reticulate fovese and thin brownish 

 scaling throughout, the lateral sulci being obliterated by the 

 fovepe ; scrobes deep, directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior 

 basal furrow shallow. Antennce with scape not reaching eye ; 

 the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Froihorax slightly 

 transverse, apex narrower than base, sides rounded, broadest 

 about middle, dorsal anterior margin convex, ocular lobes well 

 developed. Upper surface convex, set with small agglomerated 

 tubercles, forming more or less regular I'ows and leaving a deep 

 central furrow containing an abbreviated carina ; the tubercles 

 adjoining the central furrow forming a distinct ridge, each with 

 a thick depressed pale seta, the interstices with fairly dense 

 greyish or brownish scaling. Elytra oblongo - ovate, narrower 

 in c? , shoulders sloping, sides not much rounded, broadest about 

 middle, apical processes very short and conical in both sexes. 

 Upper surface convex, with regular rows of large subreticulate 

 punctures ; interval 1 with a row of small tubercles from about 

 middle to apex ; intervals 2, 4, and 6 usually plane, but occasionally 

 with more or less complete rows of low, widely separated tubercles ; 



