1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHIXUS. 131 



three indistinct paler lines. Elytra narrowly ovate, shoulclei'S 

 very sloping, sides slightly rounded, broadest before middle, the 

 apices conjointly rounded. Upper surface convex, with shallow 

 sulci containing i-ows of granules, the intervals slightly convex 

 and set with rows of small remote tubercles bearing long black 

 setfe, the interspaces with sparse grey and white scaling. Legs 

 rather long, with thin greyish setfe ; posterior tarsi with the 

 1st joint elongate, 2nd and 3rd subequal. 



Cape of Good Hope (Brege). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



I have seen only the single example at Stockholm from Drege's 

 collection. Fahrjeus distinguishes this species fi'om seriegranosus 

 Gyl., to which it is closely allied, by its much smaller size and 

 convex forehead, by the prothoi-ax being ampliated at, or a little 

 before, middle, and its apex not being narrower than the base. 



129. fH. SJOSTEDTI, sp. nov. 



Long. 12, lat. 5 mm. 



Read convex, bai-e, closely and strongly punctured, forehead 

 with a faint central impression ; anteocular furrows absent. 

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

 slender, slightly curved and scarcely dilated towards apex. Upper 

 surface with five narrow straight carinee ; lateral sulci not uniting 

 at base, the upper pair very narrow and elongate, the lower pair 

 shorter, broader and deeper ; scrobes lateral, shallow ; inferioi' 

 basal furrow absent. Antennce very long and slender, the scape 

 exceeding the posterior margin of eye ; second joint of fvinicle 

 distinctly longer than first. Prothorax slightly broader than 

 long, apex nai-rower than base, sides rounded, broadest luther 

 before middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate; ocular lobes 

 almost obsolete. Upper surface nearly plane, moderately closely 

 set with low rounded granviles, leaving a very narrow and in- 

 distinct central fuirow ; granules bare, with shoit depressed pale 

 setfe, the interstices with only a few scattered white scales 

 towards the sides. Elytra very elongate ovate, shoulders sloping, 

 sides moderately rounded, broadest before middle ; apical processes 

 absent. Upper surface convex, with shallow sulci containing rows 

 of small granules, the intervals similar, slightly convex, and each 

 with a regular row of separate rounded granules, bearing very 

 shoi-t depressed setae ; the interspaces with very sparse minute 

 white scales. Legs very long and slender, piceous, and with 

 scattered pale setfe ; posterior tarsi elongate, the 3rd joint much 

 broader than the others, 2nd narrower and much shorter than 1st, 

 but subequal to 3rd in length. 



Cape Colony: Gavios (Westring — coll. Schonherr). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



Very similar in general facies to seriegi'anosus Gyl., from which 

 it difiers among other points in the much longer and more slender 

 rostriim, in having the 2nd joint of thefunicle longer than the 1st, 

 and in the greater dilatation of the 3rd tarsal joint. 



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