■110 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, 



absent. Upper surface convex, the striee with rows of ocellated 

 punctures ; intervals even, subcostate, and each with a row of small 

 low rounded and widely sepai-ated tiibercles, which are bare and 

 shiny, each having a depressed dark seta ; the interspaces densely 

 and evenly covered with uniform light brown scaling. Legs with 

 moderately dense pale scalii^g and setse, but noticeably thinner on 

 the basal half of femora ; posterior tarsi with the 2nd joint a trifle 

 narrower than the others, 1st longer tha.n 3rd, and 3rd than. 2nd. 

 Natal : Estcourt. 



103, tH. capicola Gyl. 



H. capicola Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 771 (1840). 



Long. 12, lat. 4 mm. 



Head closely and strongly punctured, convex on vertex, forehead 

 slightly flattened and rugose ; eyes prominent ; anteocular furrows 

 obsolete. Eosti'um not incised at base, about as long as head and 

 prothorax, gently cui-ved, comparatively slender, gently dilated 

 fi'om middle to apex. Upper surface with five narrow smooth 

 carinas of about equal height and length, the three central ones 

 converging slightly towards base, the sulci closely punctured and 

 filled with pale scaling; scrobes entirely lateral and parallel to the 

 long axis of the rostrum; inferior basal furrow absent. Antennce 

 slender, elongate ; scape just reaching eye ; second joint of funicle 

 much longer than first. Prothorax as long as broad, apex and base 

 of equal width, sides very little rounded, broadest rather before 

 middle, anterior margin truncate, ocular lobes well developed. 

 Upper suiface slightly convex, unevenly set with small granular 

 tubercles, leaving an ill-defined central furrow containing no 

 carina ; tubercles bare, each with a short suberect black seta, 

 interstices with small round white scales having an opalescent 

 reflection and arranged so as to form five ill-defined lines. Elytra 

 very narrow and elongate, somewhat acuminate apically, shoulders 

 sloping, sides gradually rounded, broadest before middle, apical 

 prominences absent. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of 

 large shallow punctures xisually separated by small granules ; the 

 intervals all similar, with rows of low rounded distant tubercles 

 each bearing a long erect black seta ; the spaces between the 

 tubercles are occupied by round spots of white scales having an 

 opalescent reflection, thus forming regular rows of spots on each 

 interval. Legs elongate, with spai'se pale scaling, the femora moi'e 

 strongly clavate than usual ; posterior tarsi broad, the 3rd joint 

 shorter and broader than the other two, 1st very elongate, much 

 longer and slightly broader than 2nd. 



Cape Colony. 



Type in the Oxford Museum ; the type of Gyllenhal's var. /3 is 

 at Stockholm. 



A rare species. I have seen only four examples, all of which 

 must have been captured more than sixty years ago. It may be 

 easily recognised among its allies by its very elongate form and 

 distinctive coloration. 



