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Show 8S MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19,. pale setae, interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra broadly ovate, shoulders sloping, sides strongly rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes short and blunt in both sexes. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of shallow punctures separated by distinct granules ; intervals dissimilar, all tubercles small and subequal throughout; interval 1 with a row of small granules disappearing behind middle; interval 2 with a few tubercles at base and a short subcristate row on the declivity ; intervals 3, o, and 7 with more or less duplicated rows of small tubercles which are agglomerated so as to form strong costa?; intervals 4 axxd 6 plane ; tubercles bare, with short depressed pale seta?; scaling rather narrow, sparse and light brown in colour. Legs with scattered pale scaling and setae, forming a denser ring near apex of femora ; posterior tarsi with joints of the same width, 2nd and 3rd subequal in length, 1st longer. A N G O L A : Huilla {Dr. Welwitsch). TYPE in the British Museum. The Angolan representative of H. wahlbergi Boh., but its very short subglobose elytra (especially ixx tlxe $) give it a very different appearance from any of its allies. 76. H. OVAMPOENSIS P£r. H. ovampoensis Per. Trans. S. Afi\ Phil. Soc. 1892, p. 75. Long. 17-22, lat. 8-10| m m. Head closely but faintly punctru-ed and with dense brown scaling, vertex convex, forehead slightly flattened and with an elongate central fovea; anteocular furrows very deep, strongly convergent above, only separated fx-om the central fovea by a narrow costa. Rostrum not incised at base, about as long as head and prothorax, distinctly curved. Upper surface coarsely punctured and with suberect dark seta?, a narrow shallow central furrow throughout; upper lateral sulci narrow and evidently united at base, lower sulci broader, deeper and longer; scrobes directed beneath base of rostrum ; inferior basal furrow present. Antennce with scape scarcely reaching eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax rather longer than the width at base, which is broader than apex, sides dilated and with a sharp tubercular projection about middle, anterior mai'gin slightly convex, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface convex, fairly closely set with small rounded tubercles, leaving an indistinct central furrow containing a short low carina; tubercles bare and with depx-essed pale seta?, interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra very short ovate in both sexes, shoulders sloping, sides stx-ongly rounded, broadest about middle, apical processes short and acuminate in both sexes. Upper surface convex, striae with rows of ill-defined punctures separated by granules; interval 1 with a row of minute distant granules ; interval 2 usually smooth to beyond middle, where there are one or two small isolated tubercles and a subcristate row of larger tubercles on the declivity; interval 3 with a row of small subcorneal tubercles, usually ceasing |
