132 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OlS^ COLEOPTERA [Jail. 19, 



130. H. GRANICOLLIS (Gyl.). 



Prypnus granicollis Gyl. Schijnh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 496 (1833). 

 PrypniijS cicatricosus Gyl. 1. c. 

 H. granicollis Fahr. op. c. v. p. 776 (1840). 

 Long. 11-12, lat. 51-6 mm. 



Head convex, with dense brown scaling, forehead not depi*essed, 

 usually with a short stria or fovea ; anteocular furrows absent. 

 Rostrum not incised at base, as long as prothoi'ax, slightly curved, 

 dilated to apex. Upper surface punctured and squamose, with 

 five smooth nari'ow undulating carinee ; lateral sulci distinct, the 

 upper pair meeting at base and much longer than the lower ; 

 scrobes not very deep, lateral and curved ; infeiior basal furrow 

 absent. Ante7ince with, sparse pale setae; scape reaching posterior 

 margin of eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, apex and base of about equal width, sides 

 strongly rounded, broadest about middle, doi-sal anterior margin 

 truncate ; ocular lobes almost obsolete. XJppei- surface convex, 

 fairly closely set with rounded granules, leaving an indistinct 

 central furrow withoiit any carina ; granules bare, shiny, each 

 with a subdepressed pale seta ; the interstices with brown scaling, 

 except the central furrow, a distinct lateral line and an ill-defined 

 line below it, which are white. Elytra elliptical in S , broadly 

 ovate and acuminate behind in 5 , shoulders prominent, sides 

 slightly ampliated, broadest about middle, apical processes absent. 

 Upper surface convex, with shallow sulci containing rows of large 

 ocellated punctures, normally almost hidden by the scaling ; the 

 intervals evenly raised, the extreme lateral ones with rows of small 

 granules, which, however, are absent on the dorsal ones, where they 

 are replaced by duplicated rows of pale suberect setee ; scaling 

 veiy small, circular, dense, of a brown colour often variegated 

 with gi-eyish, and occasionally there is a small round white spot 

 at the summit of the declivity on the third interval. Legs longer 

 and thicker in d than in $ , clothed with fine whitish setse and 

 with a trace of a white band near apex of femora ; posterior tarsi 

 more elongate in S , the 2nd joint rather narrower than the othei' 

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



Cape Colony: Grahamstownand Uitenhage (J?ez'. </. ^. O'J^eil)^ 

 Port Elizabeth {Dr. H. Brauns), Somerset East, Albany, and 

 Knysna [S. African Mus.]. 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



Father O'Neil states that this species is found commonly round 

 Grahamstown under stones on the grass veld, but it is very rare 

 at Uitenhage. 



131. tH. POROULUS (Sparrm.). 



Cttrculio porcuhts Sparrm. Act. Holm. i. p. 49, t. 2. f. 20 (1785). 



Pi^yjymis porculus Gyl. Schbnh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 495 (1833). 



Head convex, granulate, with dense brown scaling ; anteocular 

 lobes absent. Rostrwm not incised at base, shorter than pro- 

 thorax, thick, slightly curved and dilated towards apex. Upper 



