r>74 Mr. G. C. (Mianipion on 



antciuKU in the (^ , those organs a little stouter and not 

 longer than in the ? of that species. The stonter anteiuiie, 

 black femora, and very sparsely punctured elytra distinj^uish 

 A. rufotib'nilis from A. dilatlcoUls. 



0. Attalus dilaticuUis, sp. n. 



? . Rather short, much widened posteriorly, sliiuinj^, 

 clothed with fine cinereous pubescence intermixed with long 

 bristly hairs; black, the basal six joints of the antenme in 

 ;^reat part, the prothorax, and legs rufo-testaceons, the elytra 

 with a bluish lustre; the elytra closely, finely, the head and 

 prothorax very sparsely and obsoletely, punctate. Head 

 rather small, bi-impressed in front; antennie slender, serrate 

 from joint 4 onward. Prothorax strongly transverse, 

 arcuately dilated at the sides, narrowed posteriorly. Elytra 

 at the base scai'cely as wide as the prothorax, com[)aratively 

 short, rapidly widening to near the apex, deeply excavate on 

 the disc below the base. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Ceres, Cape Province (7^. E. Tinnier : 

 xi.l920). 



One specimen. Not unlike the European A. dalmatinus, 

 Er., but smaller and less elongate ; the antennal joints 4-10 

 triangular, the prothorax relatively more dilated at the sides, 

 the elytra shorter, excavate below the base, and much more 

 finely punctured, the legs rufo-testaceous. 



7. Attalus testaceipes, sp. n. 



(^ . Moderately elongate, shining, clothed with fine 

 cinereous pubescence intermixed with erect, dark, bristly 

 hairs ; black, the antennal joints 1-4 in part, the prothorax 

 (an infuscate median vitta, extending from apex to near the 

 base, excepted), and legs testaceous, the elytra nigro- 

 caeruleous ; the head and prothorax obsoletely, the elytra 

 denseh', finely punctate. Head narrower than the prothora,x, 

 the eyes somewhat prominent ; antennfc moderately long, 

 rather slender, serrate from joint 5 onward. Prothorax 

 transverse, convex, narrowly margined, rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra at the base about as wide as the prothorax, widening 

 to near the apex, depressed along the suture below the base. 

 Legs slender ; anterior tarsal joint 2 raised at the apex above 

 the base of 3. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Grahamstovvn (ex coll. Fry). 



