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121. H. CERViNUS, sp. uov. (Plate lY. fig. 7.) 



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



Head deeply set, flattened on foi-ehead, with close shallow 

 punctuation and dense fulvous scaling ; anteocular furrows absent. 

 Rostrum as long as prothorax, stout, thick, scarcely curved and 

 gradually dilated to apex. Upper surface punctured and scaled 

 like the head, with a veiy faint abbreviated central carina and a 

 stronger one on either side of it, which convei'ge towards base to 

 form a low prominence (more strongly developed in $ ) ; lateral 

 sulci rather bi'oad and shallow, uniting at base ; scrobes veiy 

 shallow, lateral and oblique ; infeiior basal f uri'ow present but not 

 well developed. Antenufe piceous, with fine pale setfe ; scape 

 reaching posterior margin of eye ; the two basal joints of funicle 

 subequal. Prothorax distinctly transverse, apex and base of equal 

 width, with a shallow constriction close to former, sides rounded, 

 broadest about middle, anterior margin truncate or slightly 

 concave; ocular lobes feeble. Upper surface convex, closely set 

 with small granules, and without any distinct central furrow ; 

 graniiles bare, shiny, each with a depressed fulvous seta, the 

 interstices with fulvous scaling, except for three narrow longi- 

 tudinal white lines. Elytra ovate, much broader in $ , in which 

 they are distinctly acuminate apically, shoulders sloping, sides 

 rounded, broadest i-ather before middle, apical processes absent. 

 Upper surface convex, with broad shallow sulci, containing regular 

 rows of ocellated punctui-es which are almost hidden by the 

 scaling ; the intervals equally raised and very slightly costate ; 

 the extreme lateral intervals alone with faint traces of low 

 graniiles ; the dorsal intervals entirely without granules, which 

 are replaced by regulai- i-ows of depressed pale setse ; scaling very 

 dense and even throughout, of a fulvous-grey or brown colour. 

 Legs thinly clothed with pale sette; postei-ior tarsi narrow, 

 elongate, the 3rd joint luther broader than the others, 1st joint 

 longer than 2nd, and 2nd than 3rd. 



Orange River Colony : Dewetsdorp {Dr. H. Braims), 

 Kronstad [S. A. Mus.]. Transvaal : Lydenburg. 



Types — c? in the British Museum ; 5 in the' Stockholm 

 Museum. 



In addition to the 4 cJc? of this species kindly sent me by 

 Dr. Brauns, I have received a Transvaal example from Dr. Walter 

 Horn ; there are 3 cJ J in the S. African Museum, but the only 

 5 I have yet seen is that at Stockholm. 



The characters given in the key sutiiciently distinguish this 

 species from himaculatus Mshl. Of the other species with 

 elongate scapes, talpa Fahr. is the only one which at all resembles 

 it. Apart from its rudimentary rostral tubercle, cervinus may be 

 separated from talpa by its much longer and narrower tarsi, in 

 which the joints are of difiei'ent proportionate lengths ; and also 

 by the apical constriction of the thorax, which causes the anterior 

 mai'gin to have a slightly upturned appearance which is very 

 characteristic of the species. 



