578 Mr. G. C. Champion on 
Legs very long ; anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over the 
base of 3. 
?. Antenne much shorter and more slender, subserrate, 
joints 4-11 of equal width ; elytra much widened posteriorly. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hab. S. Arrica, Ceres, Cape Province (R. E. Turner: xi., 
xii. 1920). 
Two ¢6 and one 2, the latter with subtuberculate 
greenish elytra. The long, laterally-compressed prothorax 
and sparsely asperate elytra give this insect an appearance 
very different from that of a normal Aztalus, with which it 
agrees in the structure of the ¢ anterior tarsi, &c. The 
general facies is that of a Dasytid. The similarly coloured 
A. subasperatus, from the same locality, has a strongly 
transverse convex prothorax, much shorter antenne in ¢, &e. 
PELOCHROUS. 
Pelochrous, Rey, Vésicuféres, p. 188 (1867) ; Abeille de Perrin, Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 341 (1891). 
This Palearctic and N. African genus has hitherto included 
four very small, testaceous, Anthobiiform Malachiids, with 
simple, 5-jointed anterior tarsi in the males, the three 
terminal dorsal segments of the abdomen exposed, and the 
head and elytra unimpressed in both sexes. A minute 
black form from the Cape can be provisionally referred to 
Pelochrous. 
1. Pelochrous perpusillus, sp. n. 
3. Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, finely 
pubescent, shining ; black or piceous, the antennal joints 
2-4, the apices of the tibie, and the tarsi in part, testaceous ; 
the head and prothorax alutaceous, sparsely extremely 
minutely punctate, the elytra rugulosely punctured. Head 
transverse, nearly as wide as the prothorax ; antennz rather 
slender, short, joints 4-10 about as broad as long, sub- 
triangular. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the 
sides. Elytra moderately long, incompletely covering the 
abdomen. Anterior tarsi with joints 1-4 short, subequal in 
length. Tarsal claws small, angulate at the base beneath. 
9. Antenne a little shorter; last two dorsal abdominal 
segments exposed. 
Length i-1,}5 mm. 
Hab. S. Arrica, Ceres, Cape Province (Rk. HE. Turner: 
xi. 1920, i. 1921), Stellenbosch, Cape Town (Mus. Cape 
Town). 
