1904.] OF THE GEXUS HIPPORRHIXUS. 99 



the genus, and this, in conjunction with the spiniform tubercles 

 of the prothorax, renders the species readily recognisable. 



89. H. SERiESPiNosus Gyl. 



E. series2nnosus Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 477 (1833) ; F§,hr. 

 op. c. V. p. 799 (1840). 



H. perfunctoriiijS Gyl. op. c. v. p. 763 (1840). 



Long. 11-14, lat. 4|-6 mm. 



Head closely pvmctured and with dense brown scaling, convex 

 on vertex, forehead with a broad shallow impression ; anteocular 

 furrows deep, rather convergent above. Rostrum not incised 

 dorsally at base, slightly curved and dilated towards apex. Uj)per 

 surface densely squamose, with a deep central furrow throughout 

 containing no carina, and two narrow elevated carinae on each 

 side, bearing rows of depressed pale setae ; upper lateral sulci long, 

 deep and uniting at base, the lower pair- shorter and shallower ; 

 scrobes deep, lateral, but rather intermediate in character ; 

 inferior basal furrow deep. Antennce squamose, scape just 

 reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax 

 transverse, apex a trifle narrower than base, sides rounded, 

 broadest at middle, dorsal anterior margin rather concave, ocular 

 lobes well developed. Upper surface convex, rather sparingly set 

 with elevated conical tubercles, bearing thick depressed white 

 setae, and leaving a narrow centi-al furrow which contains no 

 carina and is often indistinct ; apices only of tubercles bare, tiie 

 interstices with fairly dense greyish scaling. Elytra ovate, a 

 little narrower in S i shoulders subrectangular, sides scarcely 

 rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes obsolescent in <S , 

 variable in § , being sometimes short, sharply spiniform and sub- 

 parallel, in others twice as long and contiguous, with varying 

 intergrades. Upper surface convex, with rows of large shallow 

 punctures, separated by distinct scale- covered granules ; interval 1 

 with a row of granules ; 2 with only a short apical I'ow of small 

 tubercles, that at the top of the declivity being larger than the 

 others ; 3 and 5 each with a row of small, very closely placed, 

 conical tubercles, becoming more separated towards apex, and the 

 former having a single much larger tubercle at the summit of the 

 declivity ; 4 and 6 plane, or rarely with one or two isolated small 

 tubercles ; 7 with a complete row of small, distant, conical 

 tubercles ; tubercles with only their extreme apices bare and each 

 with a thick depressed white seta, the interspaces with dense 

 brownish or greyish scaling. Legs densely and imiformlv 

 squamose ; posterior tarsi with the joints of about the same 

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



Cape Colony : Uitenhage and Grahamstown {Bev. J. A. O'J^eil), 

 Algoa Bay {Dr. R. Brauns)^ Mossel Bay [S. A. Mus.]. 

 Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



After examining the typical specimens of perfunctorius Gyl. 

 from Drege's collection at Stockholm, I could not regard them ii,s 

 specificallv distinct from the present species. 



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