Curciilioni(hx\/V()/)j South Africa. 543 



and none on the onter edge of the front pair, ihc liind 

 corhels narrowly ('nch)S(Ml, and only the front tibia' luucro- 

 nate ; the tarsal claws nnnsnally small. 



Length 2*7-3'3 nun., bicadth l'o-2 mm. 



PoirruouESE E. Africa : Umbclusi, iii. 19.'21 (C B. 

 Hardeiibery) . 



Described from sixteen specimens. 



Distin finished from all the known Soutli African species 

 by the nncven el\tral intervals. 



S ubf amily TAyYERiiYNcu fy jl. 

 Malosomiis picmiius, sp. n. 



S ? . Integnment black, rather shiny, clothed above and 

 below (except on the loAver surface of the head and rostrum) 

 with fairly dense, gi-eyish-white scales. 



Head subcylindrical and not compressed laterally below, 

 the distance from the edge of the prothorax to the hind 

 margin of the eye nearly equal to the length of the eye ; 

 the upper and lateral surfaces wnth close shallow puncta- 

 tion, the lower surface impunctate ; the punctures on the 

 forehead longitudinally confluent, the space between the 

 eyes being equal to the interantennal space; the eyes quite 

 flat. Rostrum straight, subconical, stout, about as long as 

 the pronotum, slightly narrowing from base to apex (tlie 

 sides being quite straight and continuous with those of the 

 head), but tapering rapidly wdien viewed from the side; the 

 scrobes entirely dorsal, completely exposed, almost as wide 

 as the interantennal space (which is not dilated in front), 

 the lateral edge forming the dorsal margin of the rostrum 

 and continued right to the apex, so that the external apical 

 angles are sharply rectangular ; the dorsum with shallow 

 confluent punctation and feebly tricarinate in the middle, 

 the lower surface finely striolate at the base, sparsely 

 punctate elsewhere and without any median sulcus. F^ro- 

 thorax much broader than long, strongly rounded at the 

 sides, broadest at the middle, the basal and apical margins 

 arcuate ; the dorsal outline feebly convex, the apex being 

 lower than the base; the upper surface with shallow con- 

 fluent punctation, normally hidden by the scaling, and 

 without any median furrow or carina. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, strongly roundel at the sides, widest before the 

 middle and obtusely acuminate at the apex, the basal 

 margin regularly sinuate; the dorsal outline only mode- 

 rately convex, the posterior declivity sloping inwards, so 

 that the apex of the elytra is not visible from above; the 

 shallow striie with distinct punctures, which are. however, 



