the S. African Species of Attalus. 577 
?. Antenne more slender, short, feebly serrate. 
Hab. 8. Arrica, Dunbrody. 
There is a specimen (3) of this species in the Marshall 
collection and three others (¢ ? ) in the Cape Town Museum. 
It differs from A. serratus, Ab., in having a black prothorax 
(the testaceous outer margins excepted), metallic-blue, feebly 
impressed, and more distinctly punctured elytra, and testa- 
ceous legs (the infuscate femora excepted) ; the 3, moreover, 
has still longer antenne. 
13. Attalus atrosignatus, sp. un. 
6. Rather short, shining, clothed with scattered semierect 
bristly hairs ; black, the antennal joints 2-4, the sides of the 
prothorax broadly, the elytra (a common broad basal fascia 
and a large transverse spot on the disc of each beyond the 
middle excepted), the tibiz, and the tarsi in part, testaceous; 
the head and prothorax very finely, the elytra sparsely, con- 
spicuously punctate. Head rather long, rhomboidal, much 
narrowed behind the eyes; antennz moderately long, strongly 
pectinate from joint 5 onward. Prothorax transverse, 
convex, rounded at the sides, feebly margined. Elytra 
comparatively short, not covering the apex of the abdomen, 
broader than the prothorax, widened posteriorly, separately 
rounded at the apex, depressed along the suture below the 
base. Anterior tarsal joint 2 raised at the apex over the 
base of 3. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hab. 8. Arnica, Witzenberg Valley, S.W. Cape Province, 
alt. 3000 ft. (R. H. Turner: 19.i.1921). 
One male. A small, shining, nigro-maculate form, with 
the elytra comparatively short, the head much narrowed 
behind the eyes, the antennz pectinate in ¢. 
14, Attalus ceresensis, sp. n. 
¢. Moderately elongate, feebly shining, brassy-black, 
clothed with fine pubescence intermixed with long, erect hairs; 
the head and prothorax closely, minutely, the elytra densely, 
rugulosely punctate, the latter with scattered asperities. Head 
rather long, bi-impressed in front, the eyes rather promi- 
nent ; antenne elongate, rather stout, serrate, joints 4-10 
elongate-triangular, 8-11 gradually becoming narrower. 
Prothorax wider than the head, as long as broad, narrowly 
margined, feebly rounded at the sides, longitudinally com- 
pressed on each side of the disc. Elytra broader than the 
prothorax, slightly widened posteriorly, rounded at the tip, 
