from South and Wt'^tt Africa. 77 



t arsis plus miiuisvo rtavoaceutibus ; antcniiis basi flavis, artiouli.s 



iiijfro-iuaculatis. 

 Ix>ng. 4 inillim. cf . 

 J/«*? c'a[>itis occipito i)rofuii(lo oxcavato-eroso, erosionis mar;,'ine 



aiitico lainiiiato-refloxo, lamina sulcata, iiitus sub la-nina nigro- 



niaculata. 



JIah, Natal, Ivstcourl {Marshall). 



Head yellow, scarcely wider than the tiioiax across tho 

 eyes; the anteiiuaj jire about as loiip; as would reach to the 

 extremity of the elytra, black, but pale at the base, yet only 

 the basal and second joints are clearly so, and they are both 

 spotted with black above ; they are scarcely serrate. The 

 thorax is longer than wide, the front angles much depressed, 

 the front margin broadly receiving the base of the head, 

 narrowed towards the base very suddenly; its disk much 

 depressed before the base, the margin only a little rclioxed ; 

 punctuation not visible. The elytra are somewhat parallel, 

 being very little wider at the apex than the base, finely 

 coriaceous, black, faintly brassy; the lateral margin as far as 

 a very broad fascia, only extending half across the elytra, and 

 the extreme apical margin are yellow. The legs are nearly 

 black, only the tips of the femora and the tarsi are sometimes 

 obscurely yellow. The abdomen shows two or three segments 

 beyond the elytra. The pubescence is very sparse and not 

 easily seen without a strong lens. 



Three examples, apparently all males. 



Attalus? ornatipennis, sp. n. 



I^te flavus, sat latus ; capite nigro, fronte anguste flava, laevi; 



prothorace suborbicularc, glabro, aurantiaco ; clytris flavis, basi et 



anuulo post ice apcrto nigris, breviter pubesceutibus, crcbro baud 



profunde punctatis ; metastenio nigro. 

 Long. ',i ') inillim. J 2 • 

 ^flls, tursorum anticorumarticulo secundo superne producto, tcrtium 



ct quartum obtegcnte. 



1/ab. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall). 



Head black, smooth, shining, with the mouth and front 

 bright orange-red. The antennai are yellow, feebly, scarcely 

 serrate ; the thorax is as wide as the head and ratlier broad, 

 glabrous, and deep orange, almost blood-red, its basal margin 

 broadly reflexed, without any hind angles, slightly imi)ressed 

 near the middle of the base. Elytra a little broader than the 

 thorax and a good deal widened behind, thickly clothed with 

 grey short pubescence; in the male the black ring is open 

 behind like a horse's shoe, distinctly, closely, finely punctured. 



