1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 127 



scarcely curved, strongly dilated from base to apex, a little more 

 slender in c5' than in 5 . Upper surface with a short basal 

 tubercle which has its sides subparallel and its apex sharply 

 bifurcated ; anterior portion almost plane, rugosely punctured, 

 and with a faint carina running from the middle back to the apex 

 of the tubercle ; lateral sulci indistinct, the upper pair uniting at 

 base ; scrobes shallow, latei-al and oblique ; inferior basal furrow 

 very deep, Antennce with scape reacliing to about middle of eye ; 

 the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax rather trans- 

 verse, apex about as wide as base, sides strongly rounded, broadest 

 about middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate ; ocular lobes very 

 feeble. Upper surface convex, closely set with small granules, 

 the central furrow being almost obsolete ; granules bare, shiny, 

 and with depressed pale seta?, the interstices with brown scaling 

 and three pale longitudinal lines. Elytra short ovate, broadest 

 before midclle, shoulders sloping, bluntly rounded apically in S , 

 subacuminate in 5 ; apical processes absent. Upper sui-face convex, 

 distinctly sulcate, the sulci with rows of ocellated punctures, some- 

 times hidden by the scaling ; intervals carinate, but especially 

 3, 5, and 7, which are rather higher than the others ; intervals 1 

 and 2 with no granules, but with regular rows of recumbent 

 setae ; the other intervals have rows of minute setigerous granules, 

 which disappear near apex and are there replaced by depressed 

 setae ; scaling dense, vaidegated bi-own and grey, granules bare and 

 shiny. Legs with scattered pale scaling and without a femoral 

 ring ; posterior tarsi with the 2nd joint rather nari-ower than the 

 adjoining ones, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st rather longer. 



Natal : Estcourt. 



Type in the British Museum. 



A fairly common species in the uplands of Natal, where it 

 replaces its near ally talpa Fahr. This latter species differs in 

 having the intervals on the elytra less raised and of even height, 

 and it also has a fovea on the forehead. 



124. H. BREvis Mshl (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



H. brevis Mshl. 1. c. p. 450 (1902). 



Head convex on vertex, which is closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured ; forehead flattened, with fine convergent plications and a 

 short low central carina near the rostrum bearing a single fovea ; 

 anteocular furrows absent. Rostrum not incised at base, short 

 and thick, as long as prothorax only, slightly curved, Upj)er 

 surface with a stout basal tubercle which has its sides rather con- 

 vergent and its apex sharj)ly bifurcated ; anterior part almost 

 plane, rugosely pvmctiTred, and with a very faint short carina ; 

 lateral sulci bi-oad and distinct, uniting at base ; scrobes lateral 

 and curved ; inferior basal furrow very deep. Antenna} with 

 scape reaching to about middle of eye ; the two basal joints of 

 funicle subequal. Prothorax transverse, the length equal to the 

 width at base, which is as broad as the apex ; ocular lobes distinct. 

 Upper surface convex, closely set with low granules, each bearing 



