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Show 74 MR. <;. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, of small, closely-set, and often duplicated tubercles, which become rather larger and conical towards apex ; 4 and 6 devoid of tubercles or with a few isolated ones; tubercles bare, with depressed pale seta?, tlxe interspaces with dense brown scaling, often variegated with white spots. Legs densely clothed Avith brown setiform scaling, sometimes with a paler ring near apex of femora ; posterior tarsi with the joints of about tlxe same width, 2nd and 3rd sub-equal in length, 1st longer. C A P E C O L O N Y : Cape Town, Stellenbosch {L. Peringuey). T Y P E in tlxe British Museum (coll. Banks). As mentioned above, Schonherr misinterpreted this species as being the rubifer of Fabricius, apparently disregarding Olivier's identification. The figure given by tlxe latter is that of a large $ which is n ow in tlxe Chevrolat Collection at Stockholm, and which closely resembles the type. This species shows considerable variation in size, colouring, and the tuberculatum of tlxe elytra, some of the extreme forms showing a noticeable approach towards spiculosits Gyl. I consider misumenus Gyl., of which I have examined the type, to be no more than a variety of the present species, an opinion towards which Fa.hra?us evidently inclined. Mr. Peringuey states that this insect is common on the flats near Cape Town, but it seems nevertheless to be scarce in collections. 60. fH. SPICULOSUS Gyl. H. spiculosus Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 469 (1833) ; Fahr. op. c. v. p. 751 (1840). Gurculio glandifer F. Ent. Syst. i. 2, p. 483 (1792)? Gurculio globifer Hbst. Col. vi. p. 299, t. 83. f. 6 (1797). Long. 24, lat. 9| m m. Head convex, with shallow punctuation and spaxvse scaling, forehead with a faint stx-ia; anteoculax- furrows deep. Rostriom not incised at base, as long as head and pxothorax, stout, curved and dilated apically. Upper surface plane at base, shallowly excavate towax-ds apex, with a broad smooth centx-al line, the sides being distinctly punctured and scattered with fulvous seta?; lateral sulci not meeting at base, the upper paix- obsolescent, tlxe lower long and deep ; scx-obes deep, dix-ected beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow distinct. Antennce with scape not reaching eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax slightly tx-ansvei-se, apex nari'ower than base, sides rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal antexior margin convex, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface convex, moderately closely set with large rounded tubercles, leaving a distinct central furrow containing a faint carina axxd also a narrow smooth lateral line on each side; tubercles bare, with depressed dark seta?, tlxe interstices with fulvous scaling, the central furrow and lateral lines being-white. Elytra oblongo-ovate, rather broader in $, shoulders sloping, sides rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes in both sexes stout, sharply conical and turned slightly upwards. |
