102 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jail. 19, 



92. H. BiNODis Gyl. 



//. hinodis Gyl. Schonh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 478 (1833). 



H. contortus Gyl. op. c. v. p. 764 (1840). 



Long. 12-18, lat. 5^-8 mm. 



Head coriaceous, with fairly dense brown scaling, vertex convex, 

 forehead broadly but shallowly excavate ; anteocular f virrows deep, 

 convergent dorsally. Rostrimi not separated from head at base, 

 stout, curved and gradually dilated to apex. Upper surface 

 punctured and scaled like the head, with a deep central furrow 

 throughout, containing no carina and edged on each side by a 

 prominent rounded costa ; lateral sulci deep, the vipper pair much 

 longer than the lower and meeting at base ; scrobes deep, lateral 

 and oblique ; inferior basal furrow very deep. Antennce with 

 scape just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal, 

 or with the second joint slightly longer. Prothorax strongly 

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

 broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin concave, ocular 

 lobes moderate. Upper surface almost plane, fairly closely set 

 with elevated subconical tubercles, leaving a distinct central 

 furrow containing a low abbreviated carina ; tubercles bare at 

 apex only and with depressed pale setse, the interstices with dense 

 bi'own scaling. Elytra oblongo-ovate, narrower in c5' , shoulders 

 prominent, subrectangular, sides subparallel to beyond middle, 

 apical processes rudimentary or absent in both sexes. Upper 

 surface somewhat convex, with regular rows of shallow ocellated 

 punctures ; interval 1 with a I'ow of granules vanishing near 

 apex ; interval 2 with only a short apical row of small tubercles, 

 that at the top of the declivity being much laig-er than the others ; 

 intei'A^als 3, 5, and 7 with complete rows of small, closely-set, sub- 

 conical tubercles, the former with a single rather larger one at 

 the top of the declivity, nearer the base than that on 2 ; 4 and 6 

 plane and devoid of tubercles ; apices only of tubercles bare and 

 with depressed pale sette, the interspaces with dense brown scaling. 

 Legs with uniform dense brown scaling ; posterior tarsi nairow, 

 the 3rd joint slightly broader than the others, 2nd and 3rd sub- 

 equal in length, 1st rather longer. 



Natal : Durban {C. N. Barker^. Cape Colony : Grahamstown 

 (Rev. J. A. O'JVeil), Algoa Bay (i)r. Braiiois), Somerset East [S. A. 

 Mus.]. Port. E. Africa : Delagoa Bay (ff. Junod). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



93. H. fallax Fahr. 



H.fallax Fahr. Ofv. K. Yet.-Ak. Forh. p. 208 (1871). 



Long. 15-16, lat. 6-7 mm. 



Head closely but faintly punctured and densely squamose, 

 forehead broadly but shallowly excavate and with a short deep 

 stria near base of rostrum ; anteocular furrows deep and distinctly 

 convergent above. Rostrum not incised dorsally at base, about as 

 long as head and prothorax, slightly curved. Upper surface 



