Cinciilioiii(.];o//'(9Wi South ^ijrica. 537 



scaling, cxco])t the nari'ow median sulcus ; the seta: scale- 

 like iiud sli«i,htly raised ; tlic eyes sti'on<^ly |)ro(luced back- 

 wards and with the greatest depth slightly behind the 

 middle. Rustrum nearly as long as the basal widths much 

 narrowed in front, the apex being half the width of the 

 basCj and the sides gently sinuate ; the dorsum transversely 

 convex and rather uneven, with a large rounded fovea in 

 the middle anteriorly and a scale-covered median carina 

 in the basal half; the scaling slightly less dense at the apex. 

 Antennce red-brown, the funiele with joint ] much longer 

 than 2, and 3-7 slightly transverse. Prothorax broader 

 than long, regularly rounded at the sides, widest at the 

 middle, and constricted at the apex behind the eyes ; the 

 basal margin subtruncate and scarcely raised, the apex 

 slightly narrower and gently rounded ; the dorsum strongly 

 convex transversely and almost flat longitudinally, smooth, 

 the sculpture quite hidden by the scaling, even the abbre- 

 viated median furrow being sometimes almost obliterated. 

 Elytra oval, obtusely acuminate behind, widest about the 

 middle, and jointly sinuate at the base, with the outer 

 angles projecting slightly forwards ; the striae feeble, the 

 punctures very small (when the scaling is intact), separated 

 from each other by 1-2 scale-lengths and each containing a 

 minute seta ; the intervals feebly convex, each with a row 

 (duplicated here and there) of short subrecumbent sj)atulate 

 setae ; the scales a little smaller than those on the pronotum, 

 tetragonal or pentagonal, closely set, but not overlapping. 

 Legs red-brown, densely squamose ; the front tibia3 with 

 the apical row of spines small and inconspicuous, the hind 

 pair with the corbels bare. 



Length 3-3'9 mm., breadth 1*5-2 mm. 

 Capf, Province : Kimberley (Power). 

 Described from four specimens. 



Allied to the preceding species (P. sebahuanus), but 

 characterised by the elongate and foveate rostrum, the 

 medianly sulcate and laterally simple prothorax, and the 

 less projecting basal angles of the elytra. 



ProtostropJius jjerditor, sp. n. 



^ ? . Integument black, densely clothed above with 

 sandy-grey scales ; the prothorax slightly darker than the 

 elytra, with two very indefinite paler discal stripes ; the 

 lower surface earth-brown. Sometimes interval 2 on the 

 elytra is brown, and occasionally the whole upper surface 

 is brownish, with a grey stripe on intervals 7 and 8. 

 Ann, cD Mag, N, Hist. Ser. 9. Vol, xi. 35 



