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  GUY 
  A. 
  K. 
  MARSHALL. 
  — 
  FOUR 
  NEW 
  

  

  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  intervals 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   the 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  set 
  with 
  very 
  long, 
  erect, 
  slender 
  setae. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Claude 
  Fuller, 
  Assistant 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  Pretoria, 
  states 
  

   that 
  the 
  adults 
  of 
  this 
  weevil 
  were 
  found 
  attacking 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  maize. 
  

  

  Hyperoides, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  rather 
  deeply 
  sunk 
  in 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  forehead 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   rostrum 
  ; 
  eyes 
  entirely 
  lateral, 
  elongate 
  and 
  coarsely 
  facetted 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  rostrum 
  

   together 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prothorax. 
  Rostrum 
  stout 
  and 
  very 
  slightly 
  widened 
  apically, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  entire 
  ; 
  the 
  mouth-parts 
  as 
  in 
  Hypera 
  ; 
  the 
  scrobes 
  only 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  

   widening 
  behind 
  and 
  vanishing 
  some 
  distance 
  before 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  

   scape 
  extending 
  well 
  beyond 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  eye, 
  slender 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   gradually 
  clavate 
  ; 
  the 
  funicle 
  with 
  joints 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  equal, 
  the 
  former 
  strongly, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   slightly 
  clavate 
  ; 
  joint 
  3 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  4-6 
  equal 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  

   7 
  strongly 
  transverse. 
  Prothorax 
  with 
  well 
  developed 
  ocular 
  lobes, 
  which 
  almost 
  

   cover 
  the 
  eyes 
  when 
  the 
  rostrum 
  is 
  withdrawn 
  and 
  bear 
  conspicuous 
  vibrissas 
  

   Scutellum 
  small, 
  quadrate. 
  Elytra 
  ovate, 
  jointly 
  sinuate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  

   wider 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  the 
  shoulders 
  rounded 
  but 
  prominent 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scales 
  lanceolate 
  and 
  simply 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Legs 
  slender 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  

   short 
  spines 
  internally 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  joint 
  3 
  very 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  2. 
  Venter 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  inter-coxal 
  piece 
  obtusely 
  angulate, 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  segment 
  1 
  subtruncate, 
  and 
  segment 
  2 
  equal 
  to 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  

   together. 
  

  

  Other 
  characters 
  as 
  in 
  Hypera. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  Hypera 
  (Phytonomus), 
  which 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   points 
  : 
  — 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  finely 
  facetted 
  ; 
  the 
  ocular 
  lobes 
  are 
  feeble 
  and 
  scarcely 
  cover 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  at 
  all 
  ; 
  the 
  forehead 
  is 
  always 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  tibiae 
  have 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  internal 
  apical 
  mucro. 
  

  

  Hyperoides 
  fragariae, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (fig. 
  2). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  Hyperoides 
  fragariae, 
  Mshl. 
  

  

  <J 
  $. 
  Black 
  or 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  rostrum 
  with 
  recumbent 
  pale 
  setae 
  ; 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  with 
  mingled 
  brown, 
  yellowish 
  and 
  whitish 
  setae, 
  and 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  pure 
  

   white 
  setae 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  dense 
  small 
  greyish 
  brown 
  scales, 
  

   variegated 
  posteriorly 
  on 
  intervals 
  2, 
  3 
  and 
  7 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  whitish 
  scales, 
  

  

  