582 On the S. African Species of Attains. 



pycs), protliorax, and abdomen (tlic black terminal sei^ment 

 exce|)tcd) trstaceous or rnFo-testaccous ; tlic palpi and legs 

 black or metallic. Head narrower than the protliorax, finely 

 punctured anteriorly, with a lonjiitudinal lidgc on each side 

 near the eyes and a transverse raised lamtlla in the middle 

 between thera, these elevatf-d spaces separated by grooves 

 extending forward from a deep transverse excavation near 

 the i)ase; antcnnai stout, rather long, serrate. Protliorax 

 convex, transverse, rounded at the sides ; tr.msversely de- 

 ])ressed iu the centre anteriorly, and with an angular 

 proniiuence iu the centre iu front; very sparsely punctu- 

 late, grooved within the basal margin. Elytra rather long, 

 wider than the protliorax, rounded at the apex , incom|)letely 

 covering the abdomen, several segments of which are ex- 

 posed ; densely, rather strongly punctate. Anterior tarsal 

 joints 1 and 2 slightly thickened, 2 distinctly raised above 3 

 at the tip. The exposed terminal dorsal segment ot" abdo- 

 men small, concave, shining, feebly emarginate at tip. 



Length (to apex of elytra) 4?-5 mm. 



Hab. E. Africa, Ngong Forest, Nairobi (A. F. J. Gedye : 

 18. X. 1920). 



Two males, beaten from shrubs. This insect has the 

 anteiiiue, proihorax, and the greater part of the head and 

 abdomen rufo-testaceous, the elytra metallic green, and the 

 palpi black. It is very different from any other species of 

 the genus known to me, aud perhaps comes nearest to 

 H. 7-yJiventris (No. 36), the ? only of which has been found. 



Alphabetical mnnhcred list (f species enumerated in the present 

 paper ; those marked ivith an asterisk are described as nein, 

 and all belong to Attains, Er., except where otherwise 

 stated. 

 *atrosir:iialii.-', 13. *8ubaspt'ratus, 2. 



♦ biUibeiculatus, '6. *.-^iibcaeiuk'iis, 10, 



brevi thorax, 7. ^sulcicollis, II. 



♦creruleonitens, 9. *testaceipe9, 7. 



♦ceresensis, 14. _, ,, 



♦dilaticoIUs, G. Si-KCIES OF HEuynns and 



dollmaui (Xotomalachius), 1. IIai-alocuius incidkntai-i.v 



*freren«is, 8. mkntioned. 



*occultus (Eucerapbeles), 1. barker! (llapalochrii.s), p. .080. 



oneili, 12. dasytiroruiis ( ,, ), p. o8(). 



*perpusiillii8 (IVlocbrous), 1. limbatipemiis (Iledybiiis), p. oHi . 



*nifico:-nis (Hedybius). lividus ( ,, ), p. 5HI. 



*rufotibiali.«, o. ' lutuud ( „ ;, p. 581. 



serratus, 4. aignatus ( „ ),p. 581. 



