374 Mr. a. C. Champion o)i 



8. Pagurodaetylus suturellus, n. sp. 

 Attains suturellus Gorh. in litt. 



$. Elongate, narrow, dej^ressed, shining, sparsely, finely pubescent, 

 the elytra with intermixed, long, seniierect, pallid, bristly hairs; 

 nigro-piceous or piceous, the basal joints of the antennae in part, 

 the basal margin or hind angles of the prothorax, and sometimes 

 the lateral margins also, and the sutui-al and outer margins of the 

 elytra, testaceous or pale testaceous ; the head and prothorax 

 sparsely, finely, the elytra rugiilosely, punctate. Head narrower 

 than the prothorax, triangularly depressed anteriorly; antennae 

 short; prothorax about as long as broad, narroAved toAvards the 

 base and apex, hollowed along the sides posteriorly. Elytra elongate, 

 much wider than the prothorax, somewhat rounded at the sides, 

 from a little below the base, depressed along the suture, the margins 

 prominent. 



(J. Narrower and less elongate, the eyes a little more convex; 

 anterior tarsi thickened, the upper claw much longer than the lower 

 one ; elytra relatively shoiter. 



Length 2-2 i mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Salisbury and Sebakwe, Rhodesia, 

 Malvern and Verulam, Natal {Dr. Marshall : vii, 1897 ; 

 viii, 1900, vii, 1910; M^rs. Cape Town ; Mns. Durban). 



A common insect in Natal, and apparently undescribed. 

 A very small, narrow, immature-looking form, resembling 

 P. angustissimus Pic in colour, with a less elongate, smoother 

 head, a shorter, non-sulcate, smoother prothorax, and more 

 shining, hirsute elytra. The pale sutural stripe is somewhat 

 evanescent. The head is shorter and broader than in 

 P. lugens Gorh., which has the entire upper surface black. 

 P. suturellus does not belong to Attains, as shown by the 

 anterior tarsal structure of the (^. 



9. Pagurodaetylus coronatus. 



Anthocomus coronatus Boh., Ins. Caf!raria, i, 2, p. 470 

 (1851). 



(^. Anterior tarsi rather slender, joint 6 closely nigro-setulose 

 beneath, the claws subequal in length, slightly longer than those of 

 the other tarsi, the upper claw a little stouter than the lower one; 

 antennae long, slender, filiform. 



$. Anterior tarsi more slender, the claws smaller, equal ; antennae 

 short, slightly thickened towards the tip. 



Length (including head when extended) 3 mm. 



