and Asiatic Species 0/ Hapalochrus 311 



Mt. Elgon, alt. 3200-5800 ft. (S. A. Neave : vii., x. 1911 : 

 $ ? ) ; Belgian Congo, Kasindi {Dr. Bayer, in Mas. Congo 

 Beige : 13. iv. 1912 : ? ). 



Three males and three females captured by Dr. Neave 

 and a female by Dr. Bayer. A small, bluish-green, hairy 

 insect, with uneven, finely punctured elytra, and black legs 

 and antennas, the <$ with stout, serrate, tapering antenna?, 

 and abruptly widened, sinuate intermediate tibiae. The 

 finely punctured elytra separate H. mollis from H. rhodesianus 

 and H. hamatus, both of which have different <£ -characters. 



54. Hapalochrus armatus, sp. n. 



<$ . Elongate, shining, clothed with long, blackish, semi- 

 erect hairs ; green, bluish-green, or violaceous, the antennas 

 almost wholly, and the legs entirely, black or metallic ; 

 head and prothorax very sparsely punctate, the latter smooth 

 on the disc. Antennae stout, serrate, moderately long. 

 Prothorax transverse, convex, obliquely narrowed behind. 

 Elytra long, widening to near the apex, somewhat flattened 

 on the disc, more or less depressed or hollowed below the 

 base, rounded at apex ; closely, confusedly, rather coarsely 

 punctate, smoother and difl'usedly punctured at the base. 

 Anterior trochanters produced into a short blunt tooth ; 

 anterior tibia? rather stout, rapidly widened to about the 

 middle, and obliquely compressed beyond this ; anterior 

 tarsal joints 1 and 2 subequal in length, slightly thickened, 

 2 extending over 3 ; intermediate femora almost straight ; 

 intermediate tibiae moderately incrassate, slightly sinuate, 

 excavate at the middle and apex beneath. 



? . Antennae a little shorter and more slender. 



Length 5, breadth 2% mm. ( $ ? .) 



Hab. E. Africa, Mlanje in Nyasaland (S. A. Neave : 

 17. iii. 1913). 



One pair. Larger and more robust than H. hamatus and 

 H. rhodesianus, the elytra more closely punctured, the 

 anterior tibiae strongly dilated. The following species, 

 H. confusus, seems to be its nearest ally. 



55. Hapalochrus confusus, sp. n. 



S • Extremely like H. armatus and differing as follows : 

 the elytra a little more finely punctured, the interspaces 

 more uneven, here and there obliquely raised; anterior 

 trochanters unarmed ; anterior tibia? feebly, subangularly 

 dilated ; intermediate femora hollowed before the apex 



