the S. African Species of Attalus. 575 
One male. A very small setose form, with a testaceous 
fusco-vittate prothorax, bluish elytra, and testaceous legs, 
The general coloration is like that of A. africanus, Pic 
_(?= 2 of EHbeus ramicornis, Boh.), except that the legs 
are testaceous, 
8. Attalus frerensis, sp. 0D. 
?. Moderately elongate, rather broad, much widened 
posteriorly, shining, somewhat thickly clothed with semi- 
erect hairs; black, the antennal joints 2 and 3 partly 
testaceous, the prothorax rufo-testaceous, the elytra ceru- 
leous ; the elytra densely, finely, the head and prothorax 
sparsely, obsoletely punctate. Head rather small ; antenne 
moderately long, serrate from joint 4 onward. Prothorax 
convex, transverse, rounded at the sides, grooved within the 
basal margin. Elytra much broader than the prothorax, 
depressed on the disc below the base. 
Length 24-3 mm. 
Hab. Narat, Frere (Dr. Marshall: ix. 1891, x. 1892). 
Five ? 2 seen. Separable from A. serratus, Ab., ? , by 
the blue, closely punctured elytra and the more elongate 
shape. The triangular antennal joints 4—10, and the shorter 
and broader form, distinguish A. frerensis from A. lusitanicus, 
Er., and its European allies. 
9. Attalus ceruleonitens, sp. n. 
?. Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, slining, 
clothed with rather long, decumbent pubescence ; head and 
prothorax brassy-black, the elytra ceruleous, the rest of the 
body, antenne, and legs black ; the elytra densely, finely, the 
head and prothorax sparsely, obsoletely punctate. Head 
much narrower than the prothorax, bi-impressed in front; an- 
tenne rather long and slender, serrate, joints 4—10 longer than 
broad. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the sides. 
Elytra at the base much broader than the prothorax, rapidly 
widened to near the apex, transversely depressed before the 
middle, and with an indication of two or three raised lines 
on the disc, the apices broadly conjointly rounded. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hab. S. Arrica, Piet Retief, Transvaal (R. Crawshay, in 
Mus. Brit.). 
Two 2 @ received by the Museum in 1904. The densely 
punctured elytra brings this species near A. frerensis, from 
which it is distinguished by the brilliant brassy black head 
and prothorax, and the more slender antenne. 
