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Show 1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 73 without setaj, the interspaces with small patches of dense yellow scales, forming more or less regular rows of spots along the intervals. Legs with dense yellow scaling variegated with numerous bare black spots ; posterior tarsi broad, the joints sub-equal in length and breadth. N A T A L (? teste Jekel). T Y P E in the British Museum. I have seen oxxly tlxe unique type of this species. It is most nearly allied to nivosus Sparrm., but also bears some resemblance to insignis Fahr. From both these species it may be distinguished by the absence of the inferior basal furrow on the rostrum, and in having tlxe dorsal edges of the latter sharply carixxate right up to tlxe base, but they are not raised into a sharp angle in front as is tlxe case with nivosus. H. maculatus agrees with nivosus and differs from insignis in having the tubercles on interval 2 more prominent than those on 3. 59. H. GLOBIFEI: (F.). Gurculio globifer F. Svst. Ent. A pp. p. 823 (1775); 01. Ent. v. 83, p. 388, t. 11. f. 135 (1807). H. tuberifer Gyl. Schh. Gen. Cure. i. p. 466 (IS;;:!). H. misumenus Gyl. 1. c. H. rubifer Gyl. (nee F.) 1. c. p. 468 (1833). H. tuberifer Falir. Schh. Gen. Cure. v. p. 751 (1840). H. misumenus Fahr. 1". c. Long. 21-29, lat. 9-121 mm. Head convex, with close shallow punctuation and fine fulvous scaling, forehead with a short stria ; anteocular furrows deep. Rostrum not incised at base, about as long as head and prothorax, stout, curved and dilated apically. Upper surface plane or slightly convex at base, shallowly excavate towards apex, with a broad smooth central line, tlxe sides being distinctly punctured and scattered with fulvous seta?; latex-al sulci not meeting at base, the upper pair faint, the lower long and deep ; scrobes deep, directed beneath rostrum ; inferior basal furrow distinct. Antennae with scape not nearly reaching eye ; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax about as long as broad, apex narrower than base, sides rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal anterior 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, and also a narrow smooth lateral line on each side; tubercles bare, with depressed brown seta?, tlxe intei\stices with fulvous scaling, the central furrow and lateral lines being paler and sometimes white. Elytra oblongo-ovate, slightly broader in £ • shoulders sloping. sides rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes in both sexes stout, sharply conical and turned slightly upwards. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of small granules instead of punctures ; interval 1 granulate ; 2 with a row of widely-separated depressed tubercles; intervals ,"!. 5, and 7 subcostate, with row |
