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Show 1904.] OF TnE GENUS HIPPORRHINUS. 105 Elytra ovate, shoulders rounded, sides very little dilated, broadest before middle, apical processes very small, tuberculiform and contiguous in $ , absent in d . Upper surface convex, with regular rows of large reticulate fovea? without intervening granules ; interval 1 without granules but with a single row of depressed seta?; interval 2 with only a short apical row of three ox- four vexy small tubercles, that at the summit of the declivity much larger than the rest; interval 3 with a costa to beyond middle and continued to apex in the form of small separate tubercles, the largest being at the top of the declivity (in a varietal form this costa is replaced by a row of small separated tubercles); intervals 4 and 6 smooth or with a few isolated tubercles ; 5 and 7 with complete rows of small conical remote tubercles ; scaling dense, uniform brown, the tubercles bare at apex and each with a thick whitish depressed seta. Legs thin, covered with dense brown scaling and scattered white seta?; posterior tarsi narrow, the three basal joints of equal width, 2nd and 3rd equal in length, 1st rather longer. O R A N G E RIVER COLONY : Bothaville {Dr. H. Brauns). T Y P E in the British Museum. 96. H. ERRANS Mshl. (Plate III. fig. 5.) H. errans Mshl. 1. c. p. 443 (1902). Long. 12, lat. 6 m m. Head densely covered with brown squama?, vei'tex convex, forehead flattened and with a short central stria ; anteocular furrows distinct in their upper half only. Rostrum not incised at base, about as long as prothorax only, stout, not much curved, dilated to apex. Upper surface almost plane, with a distinct carina abbreviated in front, rugosely punctured, with dense scaling and scattered seta?; lateral sulci distinct, the upper paix- i-ather longer and broader, and meeting at the base which is a little elevated ; scrobes shallow, lateral and oblique ; inferior basal furrow deep. Antennce with scape just reaching eye ; tlxe two basal joints of funicle subequal. Prothorax distinctly transverse, apex a little narrower than base, sides strongly rounded, broadest about middle, dorsal anterior margin truncate, ocular lobes moderate. Upper surface convex, closely set with small granular tubercles leaving a very narrow ill-defined central fur-row containing no cax-ina; apices of tubercles bare, shiny, each with a depressed seta, the interstices with dense brown scaling and three narrow whitish lines. Elytra short ovate, sides moderately rounded, broadest about middle, shoulders rounded, apical processes very short but acute. Upper surface convex, with regular rows of deep punctures, intervening granules sometimes present but hidden by the scaling; intervals unevenly costate, 3, 5, and 7 being more raised than the others and with regular and complete rows of low granules ; interval 1 has a similar complete row, but 2, 4, and 6 are very variable, bearing anything from a complete row to none at al}; granules shiny and each with a depressed pale seta ; scaling dense, variegated brown and grey. Legs with sparse pale scaling which |
