2x8 [October, 



Coloies ludticoides, n. sp. 



5 . Obovate, convex, sliii.irg, finely cinereo-pubescent ; black, the anteiinal 

 joints 1-4 (the base of 1 excepted), knees, and tarsi in part, testaceous ; the 

 entire upper surface extremely finely punctured, tlie elytra somewhat rugulose. 

 Head much narrower than the prothorax ; antennae slender, short, joints 7-10 

 about as long as broad. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides. Elytra 

 widening posteriorly, at the base nut wider than the prothorax, covering the 

 abdomen. Legs very slender. Wings wanting. 



Length If mm. 



Hah. Belgaum, S. India (iZ. E. Andreices). 



Two 2 § . Smaller than C. piinctaius Er., the elji^ra very finely, 

 rugnlosely punctured. This insect is so like a minute black Halticid 

 (AphfJiona or Longitarsus) that it might easily be mistaken for such, 

 till the leers were examined. Allied insects are also found in S. Africa. 



Attalus Er. 



Attains andretvesi, n. sp. 



(S . Elongate-subtriangulur, sliining, thickly clothed with fine pubescence 

 intermixed with long, erect, blackish hairs; black, the prothorax with the 

 lateral portions broadly rufo-testaceous, the basal joints of the antennae 

 testaceous beneath, the abdomen at the sides and beneath rufous, the elytra 

 with a bluish lustre, the apical margin very narrowly white ; the head and 

 prothorax sparsely, finely, the elytra rugulosely, punctate. Head (as seen 

 extended) long, narrower than the prothorax, transversely depressed anttriorly, 

 rounded at the sides posteriorly, the eyes rather prominent ; antennae long, 

 stout, slightly tapering towards the tip. Prothorax a little broader than long, 

 narrowed anteriorly, feebly margined. Elytra long, at the base broader than 

 the prothorax, much widened posteriorly, incompletely covering the abdomen, 

 the apices obliquely truncate. Terminal dorsal abdominal segment conical, 

 emarginate at tip. Anterior tarfal joint 2 extending over the base of 3 

 above. 



5. Antennae shorter, joints 4-10 subequal in width; prothorax rufo- 

 te.-^taceous, sometimes with an oblong dark patch on the disc; elytra Avith 

 apical margin rarely whitish ; pygidiuni broader, more feebly emarginate. 



Length (exclud. head and pygidiuni) 2\-'2\ mm. 



JIab. Nilgiri Hills (if. L. Andrewes). 



Eleven specimens, one only of which is a J , the $ 5 varying in 

 the length of the head and in the colour of the prothorax. This insect 

 is very like the Mexican A. nitidiceps Champ, (figured in Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond. 1914, pi. 2, fig. 8), both sexes having the head long and 

 narrow and the elytra much widened distally. 



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