the S. African Speru's of Aitalnn. 



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Two males, both wor:i. Tlio antoriDiIy-lattened, iiitcr- 

 ociilarly bituberculate head and tlie loiij(, stout, sharply 

 serrate aiitenii;c are ejiispicuaus characters in the J of this 

 species. 



i: A f talus serratus. 



Attains serratux, Ab. de Perrin, Rev. rl'Ent. xi.v. pp. 10 1 17.j (r^ 0\ 

 (1900). ^ ^ 



<?. Antemiae elongate, joints 5-10 widened, sharply tri 

 angular ; anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over .3 al)ove. 



?. Antennre more slender, short, feebly serrate; elytra 

 more widened jjosteriorly. 

 Hah. S. Ai'iucA, Cajjc Town. 



A small, short, rather convex, shining, bluish-black form, 

 with a red prothorax, and l)lack antennae (the basal joints 

 in part excepted) and legs ; the prothorax convex, much 

 rounded at the sides ; the elytra sparsely feeblv punctate, 

 strongly transversely depressed below the base, clothed 

 with long semierect hairs intermixed with the scattered 

 decumbent pubescence. The type and three other specimens 

 from the Cape have been lent rae by Dr. Peringuey. 



5. Attains rufotibialis, sp. n. 



^ . Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, convex, 

 very shining, clothed with fine scattered pubescence inter- 

 mixed with long semierect hairs ; black, the prothorax, 

 tibiae, and basal joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceous, the 

 antennal joints 2-4 in part testaceous, the elytra nigro- 

 caeruleous. Head short, subtriangular, much narrower than 

 the prothorax, flattened anteriorly, . finely punctured ; 

 antennae moderately long, serrate, joints 4-10 triangular and 

 about as long as broad. Prothorax transverse, rounded at 

 the sides, sparsely, extremely finely punctate. Elytra wider 

 than the prothorax, rather short, deeply transversely 

 depressed below the base (the apical portion thus appearing 

 convex), conjointly rounded at the tip; very sparsely, finelv, 

 rugulosely punctate. Anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 

 3 above, black at the apex. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hah. S. Africa, Mossel Bay, Cape Province {R. E. 

 Tui-ner: iv. 19'il). 



One male. Separable from the closely allied A. serripes, 

 Ab., by the clear rufo-testaceous tibife (sharply contrasting 

 with the black femora), and the very much shorter, serrate 



