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Show 1904.] OF THE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 81 eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax rather transverse, the length greater than the width at base, which is broader than apex, sides strongly dilated, subangulated, broadest rather before middle, dorsal anterior margin slightly convex, ocular lobes strongly developed. Upper surface almost plane, set with elevated rounded tubercles arranged in six rather irregular rows and leaving a deep central furrow containing a strong carina; tubercles each with a dark depressed seta, and thinly clothed, as well as the intex-stices, with brown setiform scaling; below tlxe lateral row of tubercles is a broad stripe of large round whitish scales. Elytra ovate, shoulders sloping, sides gently rounded, broadest rather before middle, apical processes long, blunt and approximated. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of shallow punctures separated by granules ; interval 1 with a row of small tubercles disappearing behind middle ; interval 2 with only a vexy short subcristate row of small conical tubercles on tlxe declivity ; intervals 3, 5, and 7 each with a row of small conical tubercles, more or less interrupted near base, that on 3 ceasing abruptly behind middle; 4 and 6 plane; tubercles scale-covered and each with a depressed dark seta ; scaling dark brown, each elytron with a lai'ge subquadrate paler patch at the shoulder and another subtxiangular one on the declivity. Legs with sparse fulvous setiform scaling and a ring of broad whitish scales near apex of femora; posterior tarsi with joints of eqxral width, 1st longer than 3rd, and 3rd than 2nd. NATAL : Durban {C. N. Barker). T Y P E in the Stockholm Museum. 68. H. SCABER, sp. nov. Long. 16, lat. 7 m m . Head convex, faintly punctured, forehead not flattened and with a central stria; anteocular furrows very deep. Rostrum not incised dorsally at base, as long as head and prothorax, stx-ongly curved. Upper surface convex at base, shallowly excavate towards apex, coarsely punctured except for a smooth central line and with its ed«-es narrowly carinate ; lateral sulci not meeting at base, the upper pair narrow and shallow, the lower ones absent; scrobes directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow obsolete. Antennae with scape barely reaching eye ; tlxe two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax as long as broad, apex rather narrower than base, sides strongly rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin lobate, ocular lobes very strongly developed. Upper surface convex, set with large rounded tubercles, leaving a very distinct central furrow containing a strong carina ; tubercles bare and shiny, each with a vexy short depressed seta, interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra oblongo-ovate, shoulders rounded; sides very little rounded, broadest before middle, apical processes very short but acute. Upper surface convex^ stria? with very regular rows of deep punctures without intervening granules; interval 1 with a row of granules which PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1904, VOL. I. No. VI. 6 |
