^70 Mr. G. C. Cliampion on 



Phidodonta cliirtnda^ sp. n. 



Body elongate, black, subnitid. 



IJe-id rugose, with a median sulcation and with a vow of 

 silvery hairs round eacli eye. The first joint oE the antenna2 

 is sti>ut, bearing a dorsal spine, the third joint longer than 

 the sec<^nd, which is rounded ; tiie fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 rounded and almost equal, these joints bear a few bristly hairs ; 

 tlie five apical joints covered with brown pubescence ; the 

 apical joint pointed. P/'t)^7<o/-a.r almost as long as broad, with 

 the sides rounded; on each side three small blunt horizontal 

 spines, the first two having a common base, the third being 

 distant from the other two ; on the front margin almost 

 near the anterior angles there are two pairs of spines also 

 pointing horizontally outwards. The disc is rugose and 

 scattered over with adpressed silvery hairs ; the transverse 

 shallow depression behind tlie middle is more pronounced 

 than the anterior one ; on the alternate elevations in the 

 middle there are small clear granulate areas with a central 

 longitudinal impression. Scutellum broad, granulate, with a 

 depression in the middle, the apex rounded. Ehjtra broader 

 at the base than the prothorax, without haiis, and luberculate ; 

 on each elytron there aie eight ill-defined rows of large 

 punctures, which are rounded or more or less hexagonal, some 

 of ihrm coalescing; the margins are toothed, with three or 

 four spines at the apex. 



Length 4 mm. 



IMashonaland : Mt. Chirinda (type-locality), Nov.-Dec. 

 1901 {G. A. K. Marshall) ; Upper Buzi lliver, Portuguese 

 East Africa, 25. 9. 1905 {G. A. K. Marshall). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Described from six examples. 



LXVJII. — Tlia S. Afi'ican Sj>ecics r/Attalus, Er., and some 

 allied Forms [Coleoj>tera]. By G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. 



Ix the Marcli number of this Magazine, pp. 217-242, the 

 present Avriter gave an account of the numerous S. Alricau 

 sj)ecies of Ebccus, Er., the J c? of wliieh exhibit remarkable 

 characters iu the structure of the apices of the elytra, &-c'. 

 Ill the present contribution. Attains, Er., and some allied 

 genera arc dealt with in the same w ay, most of these insects 



