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Show 104 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTERA [Jan. 19, pair uniting at base; scrobes deep, lateral and oblique; inferior basal furrow very deep. Antennas with scape not quite reaching eye; the two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax sub-globose, transverse, apex almost broader than base, sides very strongly rounded, bx-oadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin concave, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface convex, fairly closely set with low rounded tubercles, leaving a distinct central furrow containing an abbreviated caxina ; apices of tubercles bare and with depressed pale setae, the interstices with dense brown scaling. Elytra oblongo-ovate, subquadrate in $ , much narrower in S, posterior declivity very steep, shoulders roundedly prominent, sides slightly rounded, broadest at middle, apical processes absent ixx <$, obsolescent in 5 . Upper surface convex, with regular rows of deep, subreticulate fovea?; the intervals very narrow, 3, 5, and 7 strongly carinate and with rows of minute depressed granules, the former terminating at tlxe top of the declivity with a sharply prominent tubercle ; interval 2 with only a short apical row of small tubercles and a much larger one at the top of the declivity, behind that on interval 3; interval 1 with a row of depressed pale seta? ; 4 and 6 with at most one or two isolated granules; granules bare at apex and with very short depressed pale setae, the inter-spaces with dense xrniform brown scaling. Legs with similar scaling; posterior tarsi shox-t, the thx-ee joints subequal in length and breadth. CAPE COLONY: Grahamstown and Uitenhage {Rm. J. A. O'Neil). N A T A L : Upper Tongaat R. (C. N. Barker). TYPE in the Stockholm Museum. 95. H. BRAUNSI Mshl. (Plate III. fig. 6.) H. braunsi Mshl. 1. c. p. 451 (1902). Long. 11, lat. 5 m m. Head convex on vertex, forehead flattened and with a deep impression on each side, punctuation close and regular, but mostly hidden by fulvous scaling; anteocular furrows deep, convergent above and only separated by a narrow costa. Rostrum not incised at base, nearly as long as head and prothorax, slightly curved and moderately dilated near apex. Upper surface with a broad and distinct central furrow throughout, with its edges carinate and bearing a regular row of depressed paler setae, the punctuation hidden by uniform dense brown scaling; lateral sulci broad and deep, subequal, the upper pair meeting at base, which is much raised above tlxe level of forehead ; scrobes deep, sublateral; inferior basal furrow deep. Antennas with scape not reaching eye ; joints 1 and 2 of funicle subequal. Prothorax a trifle broader than long, apex and base of equal width, sides strongly rounded, broadest before middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate, ocular lobes well developed. Upper surface convex,"with small rounded widely sepax-ated tubercles, leaving a broad but shallow central furrow containing a distinct carina ; tubercles bare, with depressed pale apical seta-, the interstices with dense brown squamosity. |