112 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jail. 19, 



lateral and slightly curved ; inferior basal furrow absent. Antennre 

 with scape just reaching eye ; second joint of funicle much longer 

 than first. Prothorax a little broader than long, apex almost as 

 broad as base, sides moderately rounded, broadest about middle, 

 doi'sal anterior margin truncate, ocular lobes well developed ; 

 upper surface slightly convex, closely set with erect granules, 

 leaving an indistinct central furrow, sometimes containing a faint 

 ca,rina ; granules with short suberect pale setse, interstices with 

 round yellowish scaling. Elytra ovate, somewhat acuminate 

 apically in § , shoulders roundedly prominent, sides distinctly 

 rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes absent. Upper 

 surface with shallow sulci containing rows of indistinct punctures 

 separated by distinct gi'anules ; intervals all similar, each bearing 

 a somewhat irregular, and occasionally duplicated, row of granules, 

 each with a short suberect dark seta ; scales brown, minute, and 

 thinly scattered. Legs with pale setiform scales ; posterior tai'si 

 with the 2nd joint rather narrower than the others, 2nd and 3rd 

 subequal in length, 1st longer. 

 Cape Colony. 



106. H. PiLiFER Ffihr. 



H.piUfer Fahr. Of v. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1871, p. 210. 



Long. 10-12, lat. 4|-5| mm. 



Head convex, closely but shallowly punctured, with fine long 

 seta?, mostly depressed, but some ei-ect ; forehead slightly retuse, 

 without fovea or carina ; anteocular furrows obsolete. Rostrum 

 as long as heaxl and prothorax, not incised at base, very little 

 curved and distinctly dilated to apex. Upper surface convex, 

 with five narrow smooth carinse, the centre one being the highest ; 

 lateral sulci distinct, the upper pair rather longer and meeting at 

 base, which is higher than the level of forehead ; scrobes lateral 

 and shallow ; inferior bagal furrow absent. Antennce with sparse 

 pale setfe ; scape just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle 

 subequal. Prothora<c as long as broad, apex and base of equal 

 width, sides distinctly rounded, broadest at middle, anterior 

 margin truncate, ocular lobes moderate. Upper sui'face convex, 

 closely set with low gran alar tubercles, leaving a very narrow 

 and indefinite central furrow without any carina ; tubercles bare, 

 each with a long erect dark seta, interstices with dense scaling 

 which is brown with three narrow paler lines. Elytra ovate, 

 much broader in $ , shoulders sloping, sides distinctly rounded, 

 broadest about middle, apical processes absent. Upper surface 

 rather convex, the sti-ife with small punctures separated by gra- 

 nules (both normally hidden beneath the scaling) ; interstices 

 all even, almost plane, each with a row of very small granules 

 showing through the scaling and bearing long erect black set* ; 

 the granules on the inflexed margins bear short depressed pale 

 seta3 ; scaling small, dense, almost uniform earthy brown, usually 

 with a small rounded white spot on interval 3 behind middle. 

 Lecjs rather thinly clothed with long white setae ; posterior tarsi 



