106 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPXERA [Jan. 19, 



is more dense towards the apex of femora ; posteiior tarsi with 

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

 length, 1st longer. 



Natal : Estcourt. 



Type in the British Museum. 



97. H. SQUALiDus Gyl. 



II. squalidus Gyl. Schh, Gen. Cure. i. p. 490 (1833). 



Long. 15, lat. 6| mm. 



Head convex, closely punctured, forehead flattened and with 

 a faint central carina ; anteoculai- furrows deep. Rostrxim not 

 incised at base, slightly shorter than prothorax, thick, strongly 

 curved and dilated to apex. Upper surface rugosely punctured, 

 with a deep and broad central furrow containing no carina ; 

 lateral sulci deep, the lower pair much shorter and subtriangular, 

 the upper broad and uniting at base ; scrobes directed beneath 

 base of rostrum; inferior basal furrow shallow. Antennca with 

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

 Prothorax nearly as long as broad, apex scarcely narrower than 

 base, sides moderately rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal 

 apical margin truncate, ocular lobes distinct. Upper surface 

 convex, closely set with small elevated tubercles, leaving a narrow 

 centi'al furrow containing a strong carina ; apices of tubercles 

 bare and each with a depressed seta, interstices and sides of 

 tubercles with dense brown scaling. Elytra ovate, shoulders 

 rounded, sides slightly rounded, broadest about middle, apical 

 processes short but acute, in $ only. Upper surface convex, dis- 

 tinctly and regularly sulcate, the sulci containing A^ery faint 

 punctm'es separated by distinct granules ; intervals evexaly raised 

 and bearing regular single rows of closely-set subconical granules, 

 except interval 1, on which the granules ai'e much smaller and 

 disappear behind middle ; the granules become a little larger 

 and more conical towards apex, especially those on interval 2, 

 their apices only are bare and they have short pale depressed setse, 

 the remainder of the surface being densely covered with brown 

 scaling. Legs with uniforna scaling ; posteiior tarsi with joints of 

 the same width, 2nd and 3rd of equal length, 1st a little longer. 



Cape Colony : Gi-ahamstown {Rev. J. A. 0' Neil). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



98. tH. MODESTUs, sp. nov. 



Long. 16, lat. 7 mm. 



Head obscurely punctured and with sparse fulvous scaling, 

 convex on vertex, forehead flattened, but without fovea or carina ; 

 anteocular furrows deep. Rostrum not incised at base, as long as 

 prothorax, thick, not much curved and strongly dilated to apex. 

 Upper surface closely punctured and sparsely squamose, elevated 

 and with a deep central furrow throughout, containing a faint 

 carina and having a strong costa on either side ; lateral sulci 

 deep, the upper pair longer and uniting at base, the lower pair 



