1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 121 



" bifid at apex ; forehead depressed and with an obsolete furrow ; 

 " prothorax transverse, set above with cylindrical spines which 

 " are truncate and bear a puncture at apex ; elytra roundedly 

 " acuminate at apex, granulato- striate at base, simply striate 

 " towards apex, suture and dorsal intervals with a single row of 

 " granules. 



" Apart from H. transvaalensis Peringuey and the present 

 " species no Hijjporrhinus has been described in which the thorax 

 " is set with cylindrical spines as in Epichthonms. But Mr. 

 " Peringuey's species is 30 mm. long and has no rostral horn. 



" Upper surface of rostrvim plane, -with two lateral carinse 

 " uniting towards the base to form a bifid horn and enclosing a 

 " triangvilar space which is faintly carinate in the middle. 

 " Anterior margin of thorax faintly bisinuate and with broad 

 " ocular lobes ; the cylindi-ical spines become converted laterally 

 " into tubercles, which lattei-, as also the sharp tubercles on the 

 " elytra, bear a blackish depressed seta which is set in a puncture 

 " and directed backwards. The thorax and elytra closely set with 

 " round bare spots. The underside with very sparse hairs, squamose 

 " only towards the sides. Femora with a dense ring of scales neai- 

 " the apex. 



" Transvaal. (Described from a $ )." 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



Dr. Faust's statement that no previously described species except 

 transvaalensis Per. possesses cylindrical spines on the thorax is 

 incorrect, for both spinicollis Gyl. and thoracicus FShr. exhibit 

 in a marked degree this character, which, moreover, is not present 

 in transvaalensis. However, coronattbs is the only described species 

 which has spines on the thorax in conjunction with a rostral horn. 



117. H. coNSORS Mshl. (Plate lY. fig. 4.) 



H. consors Mshl. 1. c. p. 444 (1902). 



Long. 11, lat. 5| mm. 



Head with dense brownish scaling, vertex convex, forehead 

 plane and without carina or fovea ; anteocular furrows distinct 

 but not very deej). Rostrum not incised at base, shorter than 

 prothorax only, very little curved, dilated to apex. Upper surface 

 closely but faintly punctured, densely covered with greyish scaling, 

 with a large tubercular horn close to base, which is strongly bifid 

 and distinctly dilated at apex ; the anterior part without furrows 

 and smooth except for a very faint central carina ; both pairs of 

 lateral sulci almost obsolete ; scrobes deep, lateral and oblique ; 

 inferior basal furrow deep. Antennce short, thick and squamose ; 

 scape just reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal, 

 not much longer than the others. Prothorax transverse, apex and 

 base of equal width, sides strongly rounded, broadest rather before 

 middle, with a transverse impression near apex, dorsal anterior 

 margin truncate, ocular lobes well developed. Upper siu^face 

 convex, fairly closely set with small rounded tubercles, leaving a 

 narrow central furrow without a carina ; tubercles bare and with 



