1904.] OP THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 119 



and with dai-k depressed setpe, the interspaces with dense uniform 

 brown scaling. Legs thick, with sparse ochreous scaling, forming 

 ^ denser ring near apes of posterior femoi-a ; posterior tibiae 

 gently curved in both sexes ; posterior tai'si broad, the joints of 

 the same width, 2nd and 3rd subequal, 1st rather longer. 



Natal ; Estcourt. 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



The large elongate and distant granules on the elytiu distin- 

 ^'uish this insect from all the other small species having a rostral 

 horn. 



114. tH. MONITOR Fahr. 



H. monitor, Fahr. Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. p. 215 (1871). 



Long. 14, lat. 5^ mm. 



Head closely punctured and densely covei'ed with large fulvous 

 scales ; vertex convex, forehead flattened and with a faint central 

 carina ; anteocular furrows distinct. Rostrurtx short and stout, as 

 long as prothorax only, without any basal dorsal incision, slightly 

 -curved and dilated to apex. Upper surface with a stout basal 

 tubercle, which has its sides parallel and its apex emarginate ; 

 anterioi- part rugosely punctured, with a shallow central furrow 

 containing a narrow sharp carina which ascends the basal tubercle, 

 the raised edges of the f uri'ow subgranulate ; lateral sulci deep, 

 subequal, the upper pair meeting at base ; scrobes rather inter- 

 mediate in position, but tending to an inferior direction at base ; 

 inferior basal furrow very broad and deep. Antennte short, the 

 scape scarcely reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle sub- 

 ■equal. Prothorax somewhat transverse, apex and base of equal 

 width, sides strongly rounded, broadest well before middle, 

 a,nterior dorsal margin subtruncate, ocular lobes moderate. Upper 

 surface convex, closely set with small granular tubercles, leaving 

 a very narrow central furrow without any carina ; tubercles bare, 

 shiny, each with a depressed seta ; interstices with dense brownish 

 scaling. Elytra ovate, shoulders sloping, sides gently rounded, 

 broadest before middle, apical processes absent. Upper surface 

 ■convex, with regular rows of indistinct punctures separated by 

 small granules ; interval 1 with a row of granules increasing in 

 size toAvards apex ; intervals 2 and 4 devoid of tubercles ; 3, 5, 

 a,nd 7 with comj)lete rows of small rounded tubercles, those close 

 to base being rather smaller ; interval 6 with a row of four or 

 five similar tubercles, abbreviated both at base and apex. Legs 

 with scattered pale scaling, forming a denser ring near apex of 

 femora; posterior tarsi bi-oad, spongy beneath, the joints of the 

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



Transvaal : Lydenburg {Br. J. ^Y. B. Gunning). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



115. H. NASUTUS Fahr. 



H. nasutus Fahr. Ofv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1871, p. 216. 

 Long. 9-11, lat. 4|-5 mm. 



