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NORTH AMERICAN MALACHIIDAE 
Attalus rufomarginatus Motschulsky 
Specimens in the LeConte collection bearing this label — in 
Horn’s handwriting — are Tanaops abdominalis, as are examples in 
the writer’s collection that were long ago identified as rufo- 
marginatus by Horn. From Motschulsky ’s description there 
can be no doubt that rufomarginatus is a true Attalus, of which I 
have at least three species of the color type indicated by Mot- 
schulsky ’s figure; one of these is pretty sure to be the real thing. 
Attalus basalts LeConte 
According to Champion, the Anthocornus basalis of Erichson 
is an Attalus, and therefore LeConte’s species requires a new 
name; he proposes to call it lecontei.^ 
Attalus zebraicus Blatchley 
This is suspiciously close to varians Horn, but more specimens 
are needed to determine the relationship. 
Attalus parallelus Horn 
This cannot be separated from rufiventris Horn. 
MALACHIUS Fabricius 
Malachius spinipennis Horn 
This name being preoccupied by Germar, for a European species, 
the name hornii is proposed in its stead. 
* See Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1914, p. 60. 
