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



138. tH. DOLOROSUS Fahr. 



11. dolorosus Fahr. Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. p. 212 (1871). 



Long. 13-15, lat. 5|-6| mm. 



Head convex, coriaceous, and with dense greyish scaling ; ante- 

 ocular furrows absent. Rostrum not incised at base, as long as 

 prothorax, scarcely curved, dilated to apex. Upper surface closely 

 punctured and scaled, with five narrow carinas, the three central 

 ones converging towards base to form a distinct elevation ; lateral 

 sulci shallow, about equal in length, convergent apically, the 

 upper pair uniting at base ; scrobes lateral, shallow ; inferior 

 basal furrow absent. Antennce with the scape extending beyond 

 posterior margin of eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. 

 Prothorax transverse, apex narrower than base, sides rounded, 

 broadest rather behind middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate or 

 faintly sinuate ; ocular lobes almost obsolete. Upper surface 

 convex, closely set with small low rounded tubercles, leaving a 

 narrow central furrow containing no carina ; tubercles bare, with 

 depressed pale setse, the interstices with dense whitish scaling. 

 Elytra narrowly ovate in c5' , broader in 5 and subacuminate 

 apically, shoulders sloping, sides rotmded, broadest behind middle, 

 apices conjointly rounded in S , slightly divergent in $ . Upper 

 surface convex, the stride containing rows of very shallow punc- 

 tures separated by minute granules; the iiicervals slightly convex, 

 smooth and finely shagreened, but with traces of faint granulation 

 on the lateral ones, and each with a regular row of white depressed 

 setse ; scaling dense, greyish or whitish, but darker and more or 

 less denuded on intervals 1, 3, 5, and 7. Legs with moderately 

 dense depressed white setee ; posterior tarsi with the 2nd joint 

 rather narrower than the other two, 2nd and 3rd subequal in 

 leng-th, 1st longer. 



Natal: Durban. 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



A very near ally of subvittatus Gyl., and distinguished from it 

 only by the characters mentioned in the key. The narrower 

 shoulders make the prothorax appear proportionately broader, 

 especially in the $ . 



S2yecies insufficiently described. 



139. tH. quadrispixosus (F.). 



Curctdio qucidrisjyinosus V . Gexi. Ins,, p. 228 (1777); 01. Enc. 

 Meth. V. p. 547 (1790); Herbst, Col. vi. p. 510 (1795). 



Fabricius' description is as follows : — 



" Curculio brevirostris albidus, elytris 4-spino&is, rostro fusco. 

 " Habitat ad Cap. B. Spei. 



" Minor. Rostrum brevissimum,canaliculatum, fuscum. Thorax 

 rotvmdatus, albidus, immaculatus, dorso piano. Elytra albida, 



