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Mr. G. C. Champion on 
2. Attalus subasperatus, sp. 0. 
9. Moderately elongate, much widened posteriorly, 
somewhat shining, clothed with very fine cinereous pubes- 
cence intermixed with long, erect, bristly hairs ; eneous, the 
antenne, palpi, and legs black ; the elytra densely, finely, 
the head and prothorax more sparsely, punctate. Head 
much narrower than the prothorax ; antenne rather slender, 
subserrate, joints 4-10 about equal in width. Prothorax 
transverse, rounded at the sides, feebly margined at the base. 
Elytra much broader than the prothorax, rapidly widened to 
near the apex, uneven, depressed along the suture anteriorly, 
separately rounded at the apex. 
do. Narrower, the head nearly as wide as the prothorax, © 
the antenne Icnger and stouter, tapering towards the tip, 
joints 5-10 triangular; elytra much less widened behind, 
dehiscent at the sutural angle; anterior tarsal joint 2 raised 
at the tip above the base of 3. 
Length 24-23 mm. 
Hab. S. Arrica, Ceres, Cape Province, alt. 1500 ft. 
GRE. Lurner:: xu. 19207121921), 
One pair. Distinguishable from its 8. African allies by 
the brassy upper surface, the black legs and antenne, and 
the intermixed bristly vestiture. The elytra in the 9 have 
scattered smooth asperities, which are almost obsolete in ¢. 
3. Altalus bituberculatus, sp. n. 
3. Moderately elongate, somewhat shining, pubescent ; 
black, the basal jomts of the antennz in part, the base and 
sides of the prothorax to a greater or less extent, and the 
anterior and intermediate tibia, testaceous, the elytra olive- 
green ; the elytra alutaceous and extremely finely punctate, 
the rest of the upper surface smoother. [lead nearly or 
quite as broad as the prothorax, flattened and bi-impressed 
anteriorly, and with a small prominent tubercle on each side 
between the eyes; antennz long, stout, sharply serrate from 
joint 5 onward, 4 also stout, triangular. Prothorax trans- 
verse, rounded at the sides, narrowed behind. Elytra sub- 
parallel at the base, a little widened posteriorly. Anterior 
tarsal joints 1 and 2 stouter than those following, 2 at the 
tip slightly raised above 3. 
Length 23 mm. 
Hab. 8. Avnica, Prieska [x. 1887], Henkries, Bushman- 
land [x.1911] (Mus. Cape Town). 
