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Show 4<S MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jail. 19, 32. H. GRANULOSUS Thunb. II. granulosus Thunb. Nov. Act. Ups. vii. p. 120 (1815); Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 484 (1833), v. p. 792 (1840). Long. 14-15, lat. 5|-6 m m. Head vexy convex, bare, closely and strongly punctured, forehead with a very deep longitudinal impression on each side ; anteocular fur-rows present, but rather indistinct. Rostrum cut off from head by a deep basal incision, vexy short and thick, not more than two-thirds the length of prothorax, distinctly curved. Upper sux-face almost plane, vexy rugosely punctured, and with a strong smooth cerxtx-al furrow ; upper latex-al sulci broad and deep, uniting at base, lower sulci very short and subtriangular; scrobes lateral and oblique; inferior basal fuxrow broad and deep. Antennce with scape just reaching eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax transverse, apex narrower than base, sides very strongly rounded, broadest about middle, anterior max'gixx slightly convex, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface almost plane, closely set with low rounded tubercles, leaving a nax-row indistinct central furrow without any carina ; tubercles unipunctate but usually without seta?, interstices with only a very few widely-separated white scales. Elytra oblongo-ovate, rather broader in § , shoulders roundedly prominent, sides subparallel to beyond middle, apical processes absent. Upper surface convex, sulcate, sulci containing rows of distinct granules, but in some cases the granules join the intervals on either side, so that the sulci then appear to contain rows of large subreticulate fovea?; intervals all similar, each bearing a single regular row of low rounded tubercles, which are apt to become catenulate oxx disk ; tubercles bare and without seta?, interstices with very few small and widely-separated white scales. Legs with a few sparse white scales; posterior tar-si with joints of the same width ; 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st a little longer. CAPE COLONY : Hex River, Constantia. Its remarkably short rostrxrm will immediately distinguish this species from any other in the genus. In some examples the sculpturing of the head is much more rugose and the two longitudinal impresssions are then not noticeable. One such example in the South African Museum is much larger than usual, and the reticulations on the elytra are also vexy much larger, giving the insect a very different appearance. But without further material it seems advisable to regard this as merely a varietal form. 33. fH. AURIVILII Per. H. aurivilii Per. Trans. S. A. Phil. Soc. 1888, p. 171. Long. 24, lat. 11 m m . Head closely and finely punctured and covered with fulvous scaling ; forehead broadly and deeply excavate; anteocular fUXTOWS distinct. Rostrum as long as head and prothorax, not incised at base, distinctly curved, strongly dilated near apex. Upper surface |