1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 105 



Elytra ovate, shoulders rounded, sides very little dilated, broadest 

 before middle, apical processes very small, tuberculiform and con- 

 tiguous in $ , absent in S ■ Upper surface convex, with regular 

 I'ows of large reticulate fovese without intervening granules ; 

 interval 1 without granules but with a single row of depressed 

 setae ; interval 2 with only a short apical row of three or four very 

 small tubercles, that at the summit of the declivity much larger 

 than the rest ; interval 3 with a costa to beyond middle and con- 

 tinued to apex in the foi'm of small separate tubei'cles, the largest 

 being at the top of the declivity (in a varietal form this costa is 

 replaced by a row of small separated tubercles) ; intervals 4 and 6 

 smooth or with a few isolated tubei'cles ; 5 and 7 with complete 

 rows of small conical remote tubercles ; scaling dense, uniform 

 brown, the tubercles bare at apex and each with a thick whitish 

 depressed seta. Legs thin, covered with dense brown scaling and 

 scattered white setae ; posterior tarsi nari'ow, the three basal joints 

 of equal width, 2nd and 3rd equal in length, 1st rather longer. 



Orange River Colony : Bothaville {Dr. R. Brauns). 



Type in the British Museum, 



96. H. ERRANS Mshl. (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



//. errans Mshl. 1. c. p. 443 (1902). 



Long. 12, lat. 6 mm. 



Head densely covered Avith brown squamae, vertex convex, fore- 

 head flattened and with a short central stria ; anteocular furrows 

 distinct in their upper half only. Rostrum not incised at base, 

 about as long as prothorax only, stout, not much curved, dilated 

 to apex. Upper surface almost plane, with a distinct carina 

 abbreviated in front, rugosely punctured, with dense scaling and 

 scattered setae ; lateral sulci distinct, the upper pair rather longer 

 and broader, and meeting at the base which is a little elevated ; 

 scrobes shallow, lateral and oblique ; inferior basal furi'ow deep. 

 Antennce with scape just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of 

 funicle subequal. Prothorax distinctly transverse, apex a little 

 narrower than base, sides strongly rounded, broadest about middle, 

 dorsal anterior margin truncate, ocular lobes moderate. Upper 

 surface convex, closely set with small granular tubercles leaving a 

 very narrow ill-defined central furrow containing no carina ; 

 apices of tubercles bare, shiny, each with a depressed seta, the 

 interstices with dense brown scaling and three nari-ow whitish 

 lines. Elytra short ovate, sides moderately rounded, broadest 

 about middle, shoulders rounded, apical processes very short but 

 acute. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of deep punctures, 

 intervening granules sometimes present but hidden by the scaling; 

 intervals unevenly costate, 3, 5, and 7 being more raised than the 

 others and with regular and complete rows of low gi-anules ; 

 interval 1 has a similar complete row, but 2, 4, and 6 are very 

 variable, bearing anything from a complete row to none at all ; 

 granules shiny and each with a depressed pale seta ; scaling dense, 

 variegated brown and grey. Legs witli sparse pale scaling which 



