Ihe S, AJiicim Species 0/ Attains. r>77 



9 . Antcnmie more slender, short, feebly serrate. 



Iffih. S. Akiuca, Dnnbrody. 



There is a specimen (S) of this speeies in the Marshall 

 colleetiou and three others ( (^ ? ) in the Cape Town Museum. 

 It differs from ^1. serratus, Al)., in havint^ a black prothorax 

 (the testaceous outer marjjjins excepted), mctallic-l)lue, I'eelily 

 imjjressed, and more distinctly punctured elytra, and testa- 

 ceous leifs (the infuseate femora excepted) ; the J*, moreover, 

 has still longer antennse. 



13. Attains atrosiynaius, sp. 11. 



(J. Rather short, shining, clothed with scattered semieroct 

 bristly hairs ; black, the antennal joints 2-i, the sides of the 

 prothorax broadly, the elytra (a common broad basal fascia 

 and a large transverse spot on the disc of each beyond the 

 middle excepted), the tibiie,and the tarsi in part, testaceous; 

 tlie head and prothorax very finely, the elytra sparsely, con- 

 spicuously punctate. Head rather long, rhomboidal, much 

 narrowed behind the eyes; antennae moderately long, strongly 

 pectinate from joint 5 onward. Prothorax transverse, 

 convex, rounded at the sides, feebly margined. Elytra 

 comparatively short, not covering the apex of the abdomen, 

 broader than the prothorax, widened posteriorly, separately 

 rounded at the apex, depressed along the suture below the 

 base. Anterior tarsal joint 2 raised at tlie apex over the 

 base of 3. 



Length 2g mm. 



Hub. S. Africa, Witzenberg Vallev, S.W. Cape Province, 

 alt. 3000 ft. {R. E. Turner : 19. i. 1921). 



One male. A small, shining, nigro-maeulate form, with 

 the elytra comparatively short, the head much narrowed 

 behind the eyes, the antennae pectinate in (^ . 



14. At talus ceresensis, sp. n. 



S . Moderately elongate, feebly shining, brassy-black, 

 clothed with fine pubescence intermixed with long, erect hairs; 

 the head and prothorax closely, minutely, the elytra densely, 

 rugulosely punctate, the latter with scattered a^pei ities. Head 

 rather long, bi-impressed in front, the eyes rather promi- 

 nent ; antennae elongate, rather stout, serrate, joints 4-10 

 elongate-triangular, 8-11 gradually becoming narrower. 

 Prothorax wider than the head, as long as broad, narrowlv 

 margined, feebly rounded at the sides, longitudinally com- 

 pressed on each side of the disc. Elytra broader than the 

 prothorax, slightly widened posteriorly, rounded at the tip. 



