552 On neio Curculionidse/rom South Africa. 



sliiny^ minutely aciculate, and with nine regular longitu- 

 dinal rows of small spaced punctures which become larger 

 and coarser near the apex, the first basal puncture of each 

 row being much larger and deeper than those immediately 

 succeeding it ; the intervals very broad, 1, 3^ and 5 bearing 

 a row of very distinct punctures, each containing a long erect 

 seta ; the suture slightly elevated from the base to the 

 V-shaped marking. Legs with the posterior pairs of femora 

 not carinate dorsally, with very shallow confluent punctures 

 on the upper half of the outer face, and Avith two broad sulci 

 on the lower half ; the tibiae not narrowed dorso-ventrally 

 towards the apex, the hind pair with the dorsal edge sharply 

 denticulate, the outer and inner faces being neitlier sulcate 

 nor punctate, the denticles very indistinct on the median 

 pair, and the front pair simply carinate dorsally. Sternum : 

 the front part of the metasternum on a level with the meso- 

 sternum and slightly sloping upwards behind, the posterior 

 edge of the pectoral canal not being sharply delimited. Venter 

 with ventrite 1 (3) sloping gradually upwards from base to 

 apex, the apical margin with a small raised lobe on each side, 

 the middle forming an arcuate carina very slightly over- 

 hanging ventrite 2 (4), which slopes very steeply downwards 

 from base to apex. 



Length 3-3'75 mm., breadth 2-2*25 mm. 



Orange Free State : Bloemfontein, iii. 1918. 



Described from six specimens forwarded by the Division of 

 Entomology, Pretoria. 



In general facies much resembling 0. oblique setosus, Fhs., 

 but in that species the punctures on the pronotum are much 

 larger and the intervals do not form longitudinal carin?e ; 

 the elytra bear only five or six oblique rows of minute 

 setigerous punctures, which are not enlarged behind, and 

 there are no large punctures at the base ; the femora are 

 scarcely sulcate externally, and the tibiae are simply carinate 

 dorsally; and there is no elevation at the junction of 

 ventrites 1 and 2. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



Fig, I. Pomphus acuticollis, sp. n. 



Fig. 2. Protostrophus purcelli^ sp. n. 



Fig. 3. cavirostris, sp. n. 



Fig. 4. Porpacus vesicnlatus, sp. n. ; a, lateral view of head. 



Fig. 5. Philetcsrobius nidicola, gen. et sp. n. ; a, lateral view of head. 



Fig. 6. Ocladius van, sp. n. 



F'ig. 7. Euonydms hivittatus, sp. n. 



Fig. 8. TrackypJiloeits hardenhergi, sp. n. 



Fig. 9. Chalepoderus hiaticoUis, sp, n. j a, lateral view of head. 



Fig. 10. Timola posticata, sp. n. 



Fig. 11. Chloropholus africanxis, sp. n. 



