the S. African Species of Attalus. 579 
Six examples. Separable from Aftalus by the simple 
5-jointed anterior tarsi of the ¢, a character bringing 
P. perpusillus near Anthocomus. 
EUCERAPHELES, gen. Nov. 
Antenne inserted at a little before the eyes beneath the 
outer angles of the epistoma, 11-jointed, serrate ; head short 
in ?, transversely subquadrate and deeply excavate pos- 
teriorly in 3, the epistoma very short, truncate anteriorly, 
confused with the front ; terminal joint of maxillary palpi 
slender, conical; clypeus and labrum short; prothorax 
transverse and strongly rounded at the sides in 9, broadly 
bilobato-cucullate anteriorly in g; elytra much wider than 
the prothorax, simple in the two sexes; anterior tarsi 
5-jointed, 1 and 2 thickened, and 2 extending over the base 
of 3 and with a rudimentary comb at the tip, in ¢; tarsal 
claws with a membranous lobe at the base; body robust, 
elongate. 
Type, LE. occultus. 
The single S. African species included in this genus has 
the general facies of Cerapheles lateplagiatus, Fairm., and 
terminatus, Mén.; but it is more nearly allied to Hedybius, 
differing from the latter in the peculiar development of 
the head and prothorax in the g, the broad, hood-like 
extension of the anterior portion of the latter almost cover- 
ing the deep transverse basal cavity of the head. Hucerapheles 
is another genus of Malachiids that must be based mainly 
on g-characters. Pseudocerapheles, Pic (1914), from the 
Himalaya, seem to be on a somewhat similar footing. 
1. Eucerapheles occultus, sp. n. 
&. Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, cinereo- 
pubescent ; neous or greenish, the mouth-parts, antennze 
(the three or four black apical joints excepted), prothorax 
(a very broad transverse space extending across the middle 
of the disc, sometimes broken up into an oblong scutiform 
patch and a small spot on each side of it, excepted), and 
anterior and intermediate legs, testaceous ; the head and 
prothorax closely, excessively finely, the elytra roughly, 
punctured. Head (when seen extended) considerably deve- 
loped and very gradually narrowed behind the eyes, the 
cavity on the vertex very broad, deep, and pubescent, bear- 
ing a long, erect, spiniform, matted tuft of hairs in the 
