the African Species 0/ Pledjbiii?. 481 



joints testaceous beneath ; tlie head obsoletcly, tlie jiro- 

 thorax somewhat closely, punctulate, the elytra shagreeued 

 and rugulosely punctulate. Head (1^1. XIV. fig. 28) nar- 

 rower than tlie prothorax, witii au oblique, deep, angulate 

 groove on each side between the eyes above, the two grooves 

 transversely coalescent on the vertex, and each limited 

 behind by a tuberculiform plica, the central space raised, 

 triangTilar, and truncate posteriorly; antennge very elon- 

 gate, rather stout, sharply serrate. Prothorax transverse, 

 obliquely narrowed posterioily ; deeply foveate, binodose, 

 and produced in the middle m front, the anterior margin 

 triangularly raised in the centre. Elytra broader than tlie 

 prothorax, rapidly widening posteriorly. Legs slender, 

 hairy ; anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 thickened, 2 extending 

 over the base of 3. Pygidium emarginate, and armed with 

 a stout black hook on each side at the tip, the terminal 

 ventral segment bifid. 



Lenth 3^ mm. 



Hub. E. AriiicA, W. slopes of Kenya on the Meru-Nyeri 

 Road, alt. 6000-8500 ft. {S. A. Neave : ii. 1911). 



One male. Near H. hamalipygus (cJ), the antennae very 

 long and sharply serrate, the prothoracic tuft replaced by 

 a triangular elevation of the anterior margin, the legs black, 

 the head testaceous above. 



The Abyssinian Attains grandis, Ab. (type ? ?), is very 

 like the present insect, but it is larger and. has longer elytra. 

 The (J cephalic structure is somewhat similar to that of 

 H. simoniy Ab,, and H. acanthopyyus. 



33. Hedybius acanthopjyyus, sp. u. 



9 . Moderately elongate, slightly widened posteriorly, 

 shining, thickly clothed with whitish or pallid pubescence 

 intermixed on the elytra with long, erect, bristly hairs ; testa- 

 ceous, the eyes, antennse (the basal joints in part excepted), 

 scutellum, and tip of pygidium black, the elytra and meta- 

 sternura blue or bluish-green; the head and prothorax 

 obsoletely punctulate, the elytra densely, very finely sub- 

 rugulosely punctured. Head narrower than the prothorax, 

 flattened; antennse short, serrate, rather slender. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, rounded at the sides. Elytra moderately 

 long. 



^ . Antennte longer and stouter, the basal five or six 

 joints usually testaceous ; head (PI. XIV. fig. 29) shining 

 and flavescent anteriorly, subopaque at the base, with a deep, 

 irregular, arcuate furrow between the eyes above, and a 



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