578 Mr. G. C. Cliampion on 



Lco^s very long ; anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over tlie 

 base of 3. 



? . Antennaj much shorter and more slender, suhscrrate, 

 joints -i-11 of equal width ; elytra mueh widened posteriorly. 



Length 2i mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Ceres, Cape Province {R. E. Turner: xi., 

 xii. 1920). 



Two (^ ($ and one ? , the latter with snbtuberculate 

 greenish elytra. The long, laterally-compressed prothorax 

 and sparsely asperate elytra give this insect an appearance 

 very different from that of a normal Attains, witii which it 

 agrees in the structure of the ^ anterior tarsi, &c. The 

 general facies is that of a Dasytid. The similarly coloured 

 A. suhasperatus, from the same locality, has a strongly 

 transverse convex prothorax, much shorter antennae in (J , &c. 



Pelochrous. 



PelochroHS, Rey, V^sicuferes, p. 18>^ (18G7) ; Abeille de Pernn, Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 341 (1891). 



This Palfearctic and N. African genus has hitherto included 

 four very small, testaceous, Anthol)iiform Malachiids, with 

 simple, 5-jointed anterior tarsi in the males, the three 

 terminal dorsal segments of the abdomen exposed, and the 

 head and elytra unimpressed in both sexes. A minute 

 black form from the Cape can be provisionally referred to 

 Pelochrous. 



1. Pelochrous perpusil I us, sp. n. 



(J. Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, finely 

 pubescent, shining ; black or piceous, the anteunal joints 

 2—1, the apices of the tibiae, and the tarsi in part, testaceous ; 

 the head and prothorax alutaceous, sparsely extremely 

 minutely punctate, the elytra rugulosely punctured. Head 

 transverse, nearly as wide as the prothorax ; antennai rather 

 slender, sliort, joints 4—10 about as broad as long, sub- 

 triangular. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the 

 sides. Elytra moderately long, incompletely covering the 

 abdomen. Anterior tarsi with joints 1-4 short, subequal in 

 length. Tarsal claws small, angulate at the base beneath. 



? . Antennse a little shorter ; last two dorsal abdominal 

 segments exposed. 



Length 1-1 ,\^ mm. 



Ilab. S. Africa, Ceres, Cape Province (R. E. Turner : 

 xi. 1920. i. 1921), Stellenbosch, Cape Town (Mus. Cape 

 Town). 



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