130 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, 



Head convex, closely and rather rugosely punctured throughout, 

 forehead flattened, but without fovea or carina ; eyes unusually 

 large, the space between them narrower than the base of rostrum ; 

 anteocular furrows entirely absent. Rostrum rather shorter in $ , 

 not incised dorsally at base, as long as prothorax, comparatively 

 slender and almost straight. Upper surface with five narrow low 

 carinfe, the interspaces coarsely punctured and with fine suberect 

 setfe ; lateral sulci deep and subequal in length, the upper pair 

 parallel, but each one running into the basal impression ; scrobes 

 lateral, sinuate ; inferior basal furrow absent. Ante7incs elongate, 

 with scape reaching posterior margin of eye ; the two basal joints 

 of f unicle subequal. Prothorax as long as bi-oad in S , shorter 

 sind slightly transverse in $ , apex narrower than base, sides 

 slightly rounded, broadest behind middle, dorsal anterior margin 

 truncate ; anteocular lobes feeble. Upper surface convex, fairly 

 closely set with small tubei-cles which are cylindrical on disk but 

 lower and rounded towards the sides; central furrow narrow, 

 ill-defined, and without a carina ; tubercles bare, each with a 

 suberect dark seta, the interstices with brownish-grey scaling. 

 Elytra subelliptical in S , ovate in $ , shoulders sloping, sides 

 moderately rounded, more so in $ , broadest before middle in $ , 

 about middle in S ', apical processes absent. Upper surface 

 convex, with regular rows of fine closely-set punctvu-es ; intervals 

 all similar, bearing complete rows of large, rounded and distant 

 granules, each bearing a depressed pale seta ; scales greyish, very 

 small and thinly scattered. Legs slender, elongate, sparsely 

 clothed with white setje ; posterior tarsi long and narrow, the 

 3i'd joint broadest, being strongly lobate, 1st joint elongate, 

 rather broader than 2nd and almost as long as 2nd and 3rd 

 together. 



Cape Colony. 



128. tH. LONGULus Gyl. 



M. longulus Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 773 (1840). 



Head convex, densely and rugosely punctured, sparsely squa- 

 mose ; anteocular furrows absent. Rostrum not incised at base, 

 as long as prothorax, slightly curved, sides almost parallel 

 throughout, very little dilated at apex. Upper surface with five 

 narrow carinse, the three median ones being almost smooth and 

 continuous throughout, the lateral ones undulating ; upper lateral 

 sulci meeting at base and longer than the loAver ; scrobes latei-al, 

 shallow ; inferior basal furi-ow absent. Antennce with the scape 

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

 subequal. Prothoi^ax longer than broad, base a little narrower 

 than apex, sides moderately i-ounded, broadest at, or a little 

 before, middle, dorsal anterior margin slightly emarginate ; oculai- 

 lobes moderately developed. Upper surface slightly convex, 

 closely set with I'ounded subdepressed tubercles, leaving a very 

 narrow central furrow without any carina ; tubercles bare and 

 with setigerous punctures, the interstices with grey scaling and 



