il4 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19,. 



dilated to apex. Upper surface with a shallow central furrow 

 thi'oughovit containing a nari'ow shiny carina ; lateral sulci well- 

 marked, the upjoer pair uniting at base, which is not much raised •,. 

 costfe between the sulci obtuse, densely squamose, and each with 

 a single row of shiny black granules ; scrobes shallow, lateral and 

 oblique ; inferior basal furrow absent. Antennce with scape just 

 reaching eye ; the two basal joints of f unicle svibequal. Prothorax 

 as long as broad, apex and base of equal width, sides rounded, 

 broadest about middle, a faint transverse impression just behind 

 apex, dorsal anterior margin slightly sinuate, ocular lobes feebly 

 developed. Upper surface convex, closely set with small gi-anular 

 tubercles, leaving a narrow central furrow without a carina ; 

 tubercles black, shiny, each with a depressed seta, the interstices 

 with brownish-grey scaling and three narrow paler lines. Elytra 

 elongate, strongly acuminate towards a]3ex in ^ , scarcely so in S ■> 

 shoulders sloj)ing, sides rounded, broadest rather behind middle, 

 apical processes absent. Uppei- surface not very convex, with 

 regular broad shallow sulci containing single rows of small 

 granules ; interv'als of equal height, subcarinate, with somewhat 

 irregular, and often duplicated, rows of small closely-set granides ; 

 gi'anules bare, each with a depressed seta ; scaling dense, fulvous, 

 variegated with small patches of dark brown and greyi Legs 

 with thin grey pubescence ; posterior tarsi with the 2nd joint 

 narrower than the 1st and 3rd, but about as long as the latter. 



Transvaal : Lydenburg {Dr. J. W. B. Gunning). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species, excejDt for the depressed setse, has very much the 

 appearance of a large ^j't7i/er ; its only near ally, however, is 

 constrictus Gyl., from which the characters given in the key will 

 sufficiently distinguish it. 



109. fH. CONSTRICTUS Gyl. 



ff. constrictus Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 790 (1840). 



Long. 22, lat. 9 mm. 



Head closely and strongly punctured, with fulvous scaling,, 

 vertex convex, forehead flattened and with a low central caiina ; 

 anteocular fuiTows obsolete ; eyes rather prominent. Eostrum 

 short and thick, about as long as prothorax alone, scarcely curved, 

 with the base very strongly raised above the plane of forehead,, 

 but not separated from it by a real incision. Upper surface very 

 convex, with five strong carince, the central one being narrow, 

 smooth, and much raised above the others, which are broader 

 and rugosely punctured or granulate ; lateral sulci very deep, the 

 upper pail- longer and uniting at base, the lower pair subtri- 

 angular ; scrobes shallow, entirely lateral ; inferior basal furrow 

 absent. Antennce with scape reaching eye ; the two basal joints of 

 fu.nicle subequal. Prothorax distinctly transverse, apex narrower 

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

 shallow transverse impression just behind apex, anterior margin 

 faintly sinuated in the middle, ocular lobes well developed. Upper 



