1904.] OF THE GENUS UirPUEnillXUS. 101 



Head covered with dense brown scaling, convex on vertex, fore- 

 head broadly but shallowly depressed and with a small elongate 

 fovea near rostrum; anteocular furrows distinct. Rostrum not 

 incised dorsally at base, scarcely as long as head and prothorax, 

 slightly curved, dilated apically. Upper sui'face with a distinct, 

 though sometimes shallow, central furrow throughout, containing 

 a fine carina, its sides obtusely carinate and with variable seti- 

 gerous punctuation ; lateral sulci deep, subequal, the upper pair 

 meeting at base, which is somewhat raised above the plane of the 

 forehead ; scrobes deep, oblique, lateral but rather intermediate 

 in character ; inferior basal furrow very deep ; mentum produced 

 into a sharp prominent point. Antennce with the scape barely 

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

 broader than long, apex narrower than base, sides distinctly 

 rounded, broadest rather before middle, dorsal anterior margin 

 truncate, ocular lobes feeble. Upper surface convex, set with 

 small rounded remote tubercles (sometimes arranged in four 

 rows on each side), leaving a broad but shallow central furrow 

 containing a distinct carina.' Tubercles bare, shiny, each with 

 a depressed pale seta; interstices with uniform brown scaling. 

 Elytra ovate in $ , narrower and oblongo-ovate in S , shoulders 

 rounded, sides very little rounded, broadest about middle, apical 

 processes very small in both sexes. Upper surface convex, with 

 regular rows of ocellated punctures ; interval 1 with a row of 

 o-ranules, ceasing at the declivity ; interval 2 with only a shoit 

 apical row of granules including a large tubercle at the top of the 

 declivity; intervals 4 and 6 smooth, or at most with one or 

 two isolated granules; 3, 5, and 7 with regular- and complete 

 rows of closely-set granules, including a distinctly larger one 

 at the top of the declivity on interval 3, which is nearer the 

 base than the tubercle on 2. Granules (but not the four larger 

 tubercles) bare and shiny, each with a rather long depressed pale 

 seta, the remaining surface covered with small round brown scaling, 

 often variegated with lighter patches. Legs with fairly dense 

 lio-ht brown scaling on the tibipe and apical part of femora, the 

 remainder of latter much more spaiingly scaled ; posterior tarsi 

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

 length, 1st rather longer. 



Orange River Colony : Bothaville {Dr. II. Brauns). Natal : 

 ]:)urban {G. IS'. Barker), Estcourt. Transvaal : Lydenburg. 

 Mashonaland : Umtali {A. Bodong). 

 Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



This is probably the commonest species of the genus in Natal, 

 being especially prevalent in the upland districts. Tlie projection 

 of the mentum occurs in all the exa,mples from ISTatal and the 

 Orange River Colony which I have examined ; but I have two 

 specimens from the Transvaal, one from Umtali, and an unlabelled 

 one from Drege's collection in which this is lacking. Without more 

 material it is impossible to say Avhether this can be I'egarded as 

 a specific character. It is not present in any of the allied species. 



