HIPPORHINUS VERRUCOSUS. Elongato-ovatus niger, æneo-micans, rostro quasi
abscisso, quinque sulcato, thorace confertim tuberculato, elytris
seriato-tuberculatis apice singulatim verrucâ crassâ auctis. (Long. Corp.
1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Curculio Verrucosus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 12. _p._ 618. _No._ 90.
_Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 534. _No._ 161. _Herbst. Col._ 6. 308. _t._ 84.
_fig._ 6. _Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul._ 1. 481. 27.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
General colour brassy black. Head long, and furnished with a thick
rostrum, whereon are placed the antennæ. Thorax rounded, and regularly
covered with small pustules. Head and thorax almost the length of the
elytra, which are long, brassy, and covered with several rows of
tubercles; some being small and round, others larger and oblong; they
extend very deeply down the sides of the abdomen, and at their
extremities terminate in two swellings. Scutellum obsolete. Femora
simple. Posterior tibiæ very crooked.