Cuvculioiudce/;'t»u South Africa. 515 



shallow transverse stria (sometimes obliterated by scaling) 

 and with a median lon<^itndinal fnrrow eontinned ri^ht 

 np to the vertex ; the set;x3 snbrecninhent and scale-like. 

 Rostrnm as long as the ])rothora\, gently curved, narrowed 

 from the base to the middle, and thence parallel-sided ; the 

 dorsum with the basal half rugulose and with a very shallow 

 median furrow, but the sculpture quite hidden by the 

 scaling; the apical area fiat, Avith the lateral margins 

 sharply carinate and slightly overhanging the sides, the 

 earinje continued right to the apex, the external apical 

 angles forming rounded right angles ; the lower surface bai-e, 

 and coarsely and closely punctate ; the apical portion of the 

 scrobes not truly dorsal in position. AnienncB with the 

 scape reaching the middle of the eye in the position of rest. 

 Prothorax transverse, strongly rounded at the sides, broadest 

 a little before the ujiddle, constricted just before the base, 

 which is but little wider than the apex ; the basal margin 

 snbtruncate and distinctly marginate, the apical arcuate ; 

 the dorsum strongly convex transversely and slightly so 

 longitudinally, with a narrow flattened median carina, which 

 is sometimes hidden by the scaling like the rest of the 

 sculpture; the setne very inconspicuous, small, scale-like, aid 

 subrecumbent. Elytra ovate, broadest about the middle, 

 more strongly rounded at the sides, and more narrowed at 

 the base in the ? ; the basal margin sinuate, much more 

 deeply so in the ? ; the dorsal outline strongly convex, 

 deepest at ( ? ) or far behind the middle [i^), the posterior 

 declivity perpendicular ; the striae in perfect specimens 

 appearing very fine and shallow, but the punctures just 

 visible through the scaling, each containing a minute 

 recumbent seta ; the intervals almost flat, each bearing a 

 row of short, curved, scale-like set?e. 



Length 2'5 mm., breadth 1*2 mm. 



Orange Free State : Petrusburg, i. 1919, on grass. 



Described from four specimens received from the 

 Division of Entomology, Pretoria. 



The only other known species E. sulcirostris, M^hl. (1908), 

 is uniformly grey or pale fawn, and has a very differently 

 constructed rostrum ; the elevated transverse ridges on each 

 side of the apex give it the appearance of a pig's snout, and 

 the apical half of the dorsal area is parallel-sided and without 

 any lateral carina^, so that the apices of the scrobes appear 

 more dorsal in position ; the lower surface of the rostruuj is 

 finely and sparsely punctate, etc. 



