128 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, 



a pale depressed seta ; scaling brown, with three narrow and 

 indistinct paler lines. Elytra very short, ovate, sides strongly 

 rounded, bi'oadest before middle, acuminate behind ( $ ), shoulders 

 rounded, apical processes absent. Upper surface rather convex, 

 strife with i-ows of shallow subi-eticulate fovese, intervals evenly 

 raised and with large, very depressed, shiny, distant granules, 

 which bear depi-essed pale setse ; scaling not very dense, yellowish 

 bi"Own, Legs with scattered pale scaling, forming a denser ring 

 at apex of femora ; posterior tarsi with the three basal joints of 

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



Cape Colony. 



Type in the British Museum. 



125. H. ixcERTUS Mshl. (Plate lY. fig. 10.) 



II. incertus Mshl. 1. c. p. 454 (1902). 



Long. 10, lat. 4| mm. 



Head with dense brown scaling, vertex convex and closely 

 punctured, forehead strongly depressed, indistinctly punctured 

 and without a fovea or carina ; anteocular furrows obsolete. 

 Eostru7n not incised at base, short and thick, about as long as 

 prothorax only, scarcely cvirved and strongly dilated to apex. 

 Upper surface with a stout basal tubei-cle, which has its sides 

 subparallel and its apex sharply bifid ; anterior j)art slightly 

 excavated, closely punctured, and with a nai-row but distinct 

 central carina which ascends the tubercle ; lateral sulci meeting 

 at base, the upper pair broad and shallow, the lower narrower and 

 deeper ; scrobes lateral and curved ; inferior basal furrow broad 

 and deep. Anteniue with scape reaching the posterior margin of 

 eye ; the second joint of f unicle i-ather longer than first. Prothorax 

 transverse, its length equal to the width of both base and apex, 

 sides rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin 

 truncate, ocular lobes feeble. Upper sui-face convex, fairly closely 

 set with small separated conical tubercles, ari-anged in moi-e or 

 less irregular longitudinal rows and leaving a narrow central 

 furrow without any carina ; tubercles black, shiny, and each with 

 a depressed dark seta, the intei-stices with uniform brown scaling. 

 Elytra ovate, shoulders sloping, sides distinctly rounded, broadest 

 before middle, § more acuminate posteriorly than S ; apical 

 processes absent. Upper surface convex, with faint strise con- 

 taining rows of indistinct punctures, sometimes separated by 

 minute granules; intervals 1, 3, 5, and 7 with regular and com- 

 plete rows of gi-anules ; intervals 2, 4, and 6 without any, or at 

 most a few isolated, granules ; granules black, shiny, each with a 

 depressed dark seta ; scaling thin, uniform brown. Legs black, 

 with sparse bi'ownish-grey scaling and a paler i-ing near apex of 

 femora; postei'ior tarsi with the 3rd joint rather broader than the 

 other two, 2nd and 3rd subequal, 1st longer. 



Mashonalaxd : Salisbury, Marandella's. 



Type in the British Museum. 



From the other long-scaped species having a rostral tubercle, 



