the S. African Species of AitaXua. 575 



One male. A very small setose form, witli a testaceous 

 fusco-vittate prothorax, bluish elytra, and testaceous lej?s. 

 The general coloration is like that of A. africanus, Pic 

 {?= ? of Ehieus ruinicurnis, Boh.), except that the legs 

 are testaceons. 



8. Af talus frerensis, sp. n. 



? . jNfoflcratcly elongate, rather broad, much widened 

 posteriorly, shining, somewhat thickly clothed with semi- 

 erect hairs ; black, the antennal joints 2 and 3 partly 

 testaceous, the prothorax rufo-testaceous, tlie elytra cseru- 

 leous : the elytra densely, finely, the head and prothorax 

 sparsely, obsoletely punctate. Head rather small ; antennaj 

 moderately long, serrate from joint 4 onward. Prothorax 

 convex, transverse, rouiided at the sides, grooved within the 

 basal margin. Elytra much broader than the prothorax, 

 depressed on the disc below the base. 



Length 2^-3 mm. 



Hab. Natal, Frere [Dr. Marshall: ix. 1891, x. 1892). 



Five ? ? seen. Separable from A. serratus, Ab., $ , by 

 the blue, closely punctured elytra and the more elongate 

 shajjc. The triangular antennal joints 4—10, and the shorter 

 and broader form, distinguish A.frerensis from A. lusiianicus, 

 Er., and its European allies. 



9. Attains cccruleonilerts, sp. n. 



? . Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, 

 clothed with rather long, decumbent pubescence ; head and 

 prothorax brassy-black, the elytra cseruleous, the rest of the 

 body, antennte, and legs black ; the elytra densely, finely, the 

 head and prothorax sparsely, obsoletely punctate. Head 

 much narrower than the prothorax, bi-im pressed in front; au- 

 tenuic rather long and slender, serrate, joints 4-10 longer than 

 broad. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra at the base much broader than the prothorax, rapidly 

 widened to near the apex, transversely depressed before the 

 middle, and with an indication of two or three raised lines 

 on the disc, the apices broadly conjointly rounded. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Piet Rctief, Transvaal [R. Crawshay, in 

 Mus. Brit.). 



Two ? ? received by the jNIuseum in 1904. The densely 

 punctured elytra brings this species near A. frerensis, from 

 which it is distinguished by the brilliant brassy black head 

 and prothorax, and the more slender antenna:. 



