100 MR. G. A. IC. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jftll. 19, 



Father O'Neil states that this species is common in his neigh- 

 hoiu'hoocl, being found under stones or heaps of dead leaves in 

 damp spots. 



90. fH. CARINIROSTRIS Gyl. 



H. carinirostris Gyl. Schonh, Gen. Cure. v. p. 762 (1840). 

 " Yery similar and closely related to II. bihodis, but half as big 

 again ; moreover there is a low carina in the central furrow of the 

 rostrum, and the central carina on the thorax is wanting. 



" Head roimded, closely and finely shagreened, black, with grey 

 scaling, the forehead broadly impressed ; eyes latei'al, ovate, mode- 

 rately convex, without supra-ocular ridges. Rostrum nearly twice 

 as long as head, thick, cui'ved, subconstricted at the base, with 

 five sulci above, the central one broader anteriorly and containing 

 a low shiny carina, the lateral ones decreasing in length outwardly ; 

 colour black with fuscous scaling, obsoletely punctate. Antennce 

 of medium length, black, with dark setas. Thorax broader than 

 long, broadly emarginate anteriorly, sides strongly rounded, base 

 truncate. Upper surface slightly convex, set with numerous 

 elevated subconical tubercles, each of which bears a pale depressed 

 apical seta ; there is no spa,ce on the disk free of tubercles and 

 containing a carina, as is the case with H. binodis ; colour black, 

 with dark scaling in the cavities. Scutellum triangular, black, 

 squamose. Elytra anteriorly half as broad again as the base of 

 thorax, shoulders almost rectangular, sides somewhat ampliated, 

 attenuated behind, the apices separately subacuminate or with a 

 small tubercular process, four times as long as the thorax, convex 

 above, declivous behind, with I'ows of large remote punctures, the 

 alternate intervals, viz. the second, fourth, and sixth from suture 

 [the third, fifth, and seventh in my terminology — G. A. K. M.], 

 subcostate, set with numerous tubei-cles bearing depressed pale 

 sette, those on disk smaller and obtuse, the posterior ones more 

 elevated and conical, of which one on the second [third] interval, 

 behind middle, is larger than the others ; on the interval next the 

 suture [second] may be seen towards the apex a row of six or 

 eight tubei-cles ; colour black, with dark scaling in the cavities. 

 Body beneath closely but obsoletely punctured and granulate, 

 black, with grey and fuscous scaling. Legs of medium size, 

 obsoletely punctured, black with grey scaling. 



" Africa {Lalande). Described from the Paris Museum." 

 I have been unable to examine the type of this species, and I 

 have not succeeded in recognising it among the various collections 

 to which I have had access. The above is a ti-anslation of 

 Gyllenhal's own description. The species is clearly a very close 

 ally of seriespinosihs Gyl., and the only character given in the 

 description by which it can be diflerentiated is the presence of 

 the centi'al carina on the rosti-um. 



91. H. affinis Fahr. 



H. afnis Flhr. Ofv. K. Yet.-Ak. Forh. p. 208 (1871). 



Long. 13-16, lat. 6-7 mm. 



