ISO Mr. G. C. Champion on various African 



basal joiut of the antennae beneath, the anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora in part, and the anterior tibise on their 

 inner aspect, testaceous, the abdomen in great part red. 

 Head bi'oad, closely punctulate ; antennoe long, stout, 

 pectinate from the third joint onward. Prothorax broad, 

 as wide as the elytra at the base, subtrapezoidal as seen from 

 above, sparsely punctulate, smooth and canaliculate on tlie 

 middle of the disc. Elytra widened posteriorly, densely, 

 rugosely punctate ; the apices almost smooth, dehiscent, 

 compressed and angulate at some distance from the sutural 

 angle (? abnormally formed). Anterior femora incrassate, 

 toothed at the middle beneath ; anterior and intermediate 

 tibise strongly sinuate, the latter deeply excavate near tlie 

 apex within ; anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 thickened, su!)- 

 equal in length. 



$ . Antennae rather short, not very stout, feebly serrate, 

 their joints 1-3. and the anterior and intermediate femora 

 to near the apex, testaceous ; abdomen red ; anterior femora 

 without tooth.^ 



Length 4|-6i, breadth 2^-31 mm. ((??•) 



Hab. E. Africa, Njoro (R. H. Deakin : S- vi. 1914), 

 Ruiru {T. J. Anderson : ? : xi. 1917). 



One pair, the (5" , type, labelled as having been found in 

 the cocoon of a " bagworm " (Psychid moth), the ? much 

 smaller, the two sexes with similarly-coloured legs. Separ- 

 able from H. sjostedti by the apieally emarginate intermediate 

 tibiae and the darker legs of the male, and the partly testa- 

 ceous anterior and intermediate femora of the female, the 

 male relatively broader. 



8. Hapalochrus simoni. 



? Hapalochrus simoni, Pic, Melanges exot.-entom. v. p. C (cJ) (Marcli 

 1913). 



$ . Moderately elongate, convex, shining, somew hat 

 thickly clothed with fine, whitish, semi-erect hairs; cseruleous, 

 the antennae (the slightly infuscate apical joints excepted), 

 palpi, labrum, and legs testaceous, the abdomen rufo- 

 testaceous. Head broad, closely punctate ; antennae mode- 

 rately long, stout, pectinate from the fourth joint onward. 

 Prothorax transverse, convex, laterally compressed, subtrape- 

 zoidal (as seen from above), sparsely punctate, impressed 

 before the base. Elytra very little broader than the pro- 

 thorax, widened posteriorly, densely, rugulosel}'^, rather finely 

 punctate. Anterior femora (PI. VIII. fig. 1) incrassate, 

 toothed at the middle beneath ; anterior tibiae (PI. YIII. 



