the S. African Species o/" Attains, 579 



Six examples. Separable from Aftuh/s l)y the simple 

 r)-)()iiiteil anterior trirsi of the c? , a cluwacter briiij^iiij^" 

 P. perpusillus near Anthocomus. 



EucERAPHELES, gcn. nov. 



Antennic inserted at a little before the eyes beneath the 

 outer angles of the epistoma, 1 l-jointed, serrate ; head short 

 in ? , transversely subquadrate and deeply excavate pos- 

 teriorly in J, the epistoma very short, truncate anteriorly, 

 confused with the front; terminal joint of maxillary palpi 

 slender, conical ; clypcus and labrum short ; prothorax 

 transverse and stroTigly rounded at the sides in ? , broadly 

 bilobato-cucullate anteriorly in (^ ; elytra much wider than 

 the prothorax, sim|)le in the two sexes ; anterior tarsi 

 5-jointed, 1 and 2 thickened, and 2 extending over the base 

 of 3 and with a rudimeniary comb at the tip, in (^ ; tarsal 

 claws with a membranous lobe at the base ; body robust, 

 elongate. 



Type, E. occultus. 



The single S. African species included in this genus has 

 the general facies of Cerapheles lateplagiatus, Fairm., and 

 termiuntus, Men. ; but it is more nearly allied to Hedybius, 

 differing from the latter in the peculiar development of 

 the head and prothorax in the j' , the broad, hood-like 

 extension of the anterior portion of the latter almost cover- 

 ing the deep transverse basal cavity of the head. Kucerapheles 

 is another genus of IMalacliiids that must be based mainly 

 on J -characters. Pseudocerapheles^ Pic (1914), from the 

 Himalaya, seem to be on a somewhat similar footing. 



1. Eucerapheles occultus, sp. n. 



S. Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, ciiiereo- 

 pubescent ; aeneous or greenish, the mouth-parts, antenme 

 (the three or four black apical joints excepted), prothorax 

 (a very broad transverse space extending across the middle 

 of the disc, sometimes broken up into an oblong scutiform 

 patch and a small spot on each side of it, excepted), and 

 anterior and intermediate legs, testaceous ; the head and 

 prothorax closely, excessively finely, the elytra roughlv, 

 punctured. Head (when seen extended) considerably deve- 

 loped and very gradually narrowed behind the eyes, the 

 cavity on the vertex very broad, deep, and pubescent, bear- 

 ing a long, erect, spiniform, matted tuft of hairs in the 



