1904.] OF THE GENUS IlIPPORRHINUS. 107 



subtriangular ; scrobes deep, directed beneath base of rostrum ; 

 inferior basal furrow deep. Antennce with scape just reaching 

 eye ; the second joint of funicle longer than the first. Prothorax 

 transverse, apex and base of equal width, sides very little rounded, 

 broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate, ocular 

 lobes feeble. Upper surface convex, closely set with large rounded 

 granules, leaving a central furrow containing a short but distinct 

 carina ; granules bare, with depressed pale setse, the interstices 

 with dense brown scaling. Elytra oblongo-ovate, shoulders 

 I'oundedly prominent, sides scarcely ampliated, broadest about 

 middle, apical processes in $ short but acute. Upper surface 

 convex, with shallow sulci containing rows of indistinct punctures 

 separated by low granules ; intervals evenly raised, each having 

 a single complete row of ro^mded granules, except interval 3, in 

 which the row is more or less duplicated ; granules bare, with 

 depressed pale setse, the interspaces with moderately dense uniform 

 brown scaling. Legs with thin pale setse and a slight ring of pale 

 scaling near apex of femora ; posterior tarsi with the joints of 

 about the same width, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st longer. 



Transvaal {Brady). 



Type in the South African Museum. 



This species is most nearly allied to H. squalidus Gjd., but the 

 rostrum is much longer and thinner and not nearly so strongly 

 curved as in that species, the antennse are more elongate, the 

 prothorax is distinctly broader, the tubercles are more closely set, 

 and the ocular lobes are much less developed. 



99. H. GRAN AT us Gyl. 



H. granatths Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 769 (1840). 



Long. 16^-17, lat. 8 mm. 



Head convex, with close shallow punctuation, forehead with a 

 very deep and broad excavation continued on to base of rostrum ; 

 anteocular furrows deep in their upper half but vanishing below. 

 Rostrum not separated from head by a deep dorsal incision, as 

 long as prothoi'ax only, slightly curved and strongly dilated to 

 apex. Upper surface with a deep narrow central furrow, edged 

 by a broad rounded and finely punctured costa ; lateral sulci deep 

 and distinct, the lower ones subtriangular, the upper pair narrower 

 and meeting at base ; scrobes directed beneath rostrum ; inferior 

 basal furrow absent. Antennce with scape just reaching eye ; the 

 second joint of funicle a little longer than first. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, apex narrower than base, sides slightly 

 rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate, 

 ocular lobes not pronounced. Upper surface almost plane, fairly 

 closely set with depressed tubercles, leaving a narrow centi'al 

 furrow containing a broad flattened carina ; tubercles with very 

 short depressed setse. Elytra oblongo-ovate, shoulders prominent, 

 sides scarcely rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes 

 very short. Upper surface rather convex, with rows of very faint 

 punctures and occasional intervening granules ; intervals with 



