the S. Afiican Species o/ Attains. 581 



tlic sides of which the aiitciiiue are inserted, separates it 

 from Mahuliiiis. In Aheille de Perriu's table of the 

 " .Mahioliiaires " tlie pi'csent j^enus works out near -^l«//io- 

 CDiiius.U'oxn which it differs in the Ijroadly truncate epistoina, 

 the |)cculiar form of tlic anterior tibiie, the villose body, 

 simple elytra in <$ , &e. Malachius ccerulescens, Hoh., from 

 IJoschjesmanns Rand, is probably a ? of Ht/paluc/irus 

 luashuaus, Gorh., and M. cajf'er, Boh., another Hapaluchrus, 

 near //. nitens, Gorh. 



1. Notomalac/uus dollmani. 



llaiudochnts dullinani, Champ. Aun. & ^i^g- Nat. Hist. (9) vi. p. -iV-i 

 I V ) (Oct. 1920). 



(^ . Antenme elongate, rather stout, joints 3 and 4 lonj^er 

 than broad, snbequal, 5-10 eiongate-trianj^ular, 11 narrow, 

 a little longer than 10 ; anterior tibicc widened and incurved 

 at the apex. 



? . Antennae shorter and more slender, joints 3—10 sub- 

 C(pial in length J anterior tibiie a little less widened at apex. 



Length 3|-r> mm. ((??.) 



V(ir. 'libiie inluscate. 



Hub. S. Afiuca [Mus. Cape Town: J , var.), liulawayo 

 {Mas. Cape Toicn ; ^ ), Marico, Transvaal {Dr. JJrauna, 

 L'O. i. 1921 : ? ), Frere and Estcourt, Natal {Dr. Marshall : 

 X. 1902, X. 1906: <J ?, var.), Umtali, Mashonaland (A. 

 Bodonu, in Mas. Brit., i. 190G : S), N.W. Rhodesia (Z>o//- 

 )iiun : ? , type). 



Twelve specimens seen in all, including (^ ^ of each foiin. 



Since the publication of the revision of the African species 

 of Hedijbius and its allies (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov. 

 1921 ), an interesting new form taken at Nairobi has beeu 

 sent me hy Mr. Gedye*. 



Hedyhius ruficornis, sp. n. 



^ . Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, clothed with 

 pallid jjubescence, which on the elytra is intermixed with 

 bristly, longer, erect hairs, the prothorax with very long and 

 soft hairs ; metallic green, the head (except a curved black 

 lascia at the base, which extends forward on each side to the 



* The Abyssiiiiau Tnif/lo/m luteus and airjinttus^ Kuth (16ol), not men- 

 tioned in my paper on //e</yi/M.v, almost certandy belon-r to the last-named 

 yeniij : T. luteus doubtless = 7/. lividus, LJorh. (1S83), No. 0, and T. ai'j- 

 uatus is probably a variety of H. limbutipennis, I'ic (1914). 



