428 ^Ir. G. J. Arrow on the 



the antPiuia is tliree-jointed and sliort, the terminal joint not 

 lon-^er than it is broad. It is an allied species to A.jucunr^us, 

 Paring., but more compact and convex, more tlost'ly pubes- 

 cent, without markings on the pronotuin and wilh quite 

 peculiar detached round spots on the elytra. 



Attagenus nigripennh, sp. n. 



Niger, perlibus et nntenni^ rufescentibus, hariim clava nigra, pro- 

 noto, corpora subtus pedibusque fnbo-vestitis, elytris minutius 

 et hand perspicue pubescentibus ; ovalis, modice elongatus, dense, 

 fortiter et distincte punctatus, pronoto postice valde lobato, 

 antennarnm clava modice elongata, articulo ultimo foeminae 

 parvo, maris longitudine ad duos praecedentes sequaJi. 



Long. 3-3-5 mm. 



Hah. Gold Coast : Abuvi. 



A specimen of each sex was taken by Mr. W. H. Patterson. 



The common Attagenus pi'ceus, Oliv., is found in Europe, 

 Asia, and America, but has not so far been brought from any 

 part of Africa. The new species closely reseml)les it, but the 

 ])ancturation of the upper surface is rather stronger and more 

 distinct, and the hairs clothing the pronotuin are long and 

 bright yellow in colour. The basal lohe of the pronotura is 

 much more produced, and the club of the antenna is black in 

 both sexes (it is red in the female of A. piceus) and has a 

 much shorter terminal joint in the male. In the female the 

 last joint is smaller than either of the two preceding it. 



Attagenus binnantcus, sp. n. 



Niger, sed flavo-pubescens, pedibus antennisque rufis ; elongato- 

 ovalis, parum convexus, antennarum clava triarticulata, articulis 

 subaequalibus, maris laxius connexis. 



Long. 2-3"5 mm. 



Ilab. Upper Burma {Gray) ; Tharrawaddy (6^. Q. 

 Corbett) . 



Presented by Mr. H. E. Andrewes. 



This closely resembles the widely distributed A. piceus^ 

 Oliv., but is smaller on the whole, and the hair with which 

 it is clothed is pale yellow both above and beneatli. The 

 posterior lobe of the pronofum is much stronger and the 

 scutelluin therefore less exposed. The club of the antenna is 

 quite different, the three joints composing it being nearly 

 equal in both sexes and much more loosely articulated in the 

 male, in which the two basal ones are a little longer than 



