356 Rev. H. S. Gorham on 



punctures reaching from tlie base beyond the middle. The 

 aiitennffi are fairly long for this genus, entirely yellow, and 

 the legs are also yellow, only the tarsi being int'uscate. 



Two examples of this species were sent. Jt is not very like 

 any ifpetiopulpus known to me. 



Fam. MelyridaB. 

 Attains r ideas y sp. n. 



Attalunt ornatij}ennem referens, latior, elytrorxim latcribus magis 

 explanatis. Loeto flavus, clytris basi et lunula postica lata nigris. 



cJ . Long. -4 niillim. 



Jl/as, clytris ad ajiicem lamina elevata haraata instructis, apice ipso 

 invaginato et emarginato. 



Hah. Natal, Old Umtali [Marshall). 



The headj prothorax, legs, and apex of the elytra and 

 abdomen are of a rieh ferruginous red ; the margin of the 

 thorax from the front angles and at the base is a little ex- 

 panded and is whitish yellow; the head is shining; the 

 antennae red and serrate, as in A. omatipennis. The elytra 

 are expanded and obsoletely bicostate, more distinctly punc- 

 tured than in A. omatipennis^ the lateral margins a little 

 thickened and reflexed. The humeral callus is raised and 

 prolonged obliquely backwards as an indistinct carina. The 

 broad basal spot on each is contracted at the suture and the 

 margin ; the |)Osterior lunule is wide and reaches to the reflex 

 edge of both the suture and margin. 



Two specimens, both males. 



Ohs. This species is easily discriminated by the red head 

 and by the posterior lunule showing no sign of forming a ring. 



Attalus? albofasciatuSj sp. n. 



Elongatus, piceus, submetallico-jiitens, nigro-pubescens, ore, anten- 

 naium ba^i, tibiis tarsisque sordide (lavis ; elytris fascia communi 

 ante medium apiccquc albidis. Caput sat magnum, oblongum, 

 antice profur:de foveolato-canaliculatiira, palpis nigris; antennis 

 filil'ormibus, capitis ])rothoracisque longitudine, hoc quam caput 

 hai.d latiore, basi paullo producto, margine reflexo albescente; 

 pedes longi, tarsis longis (feminai?), quinque-articulatis. 



Long. 2-25 millim. 



Hob. Natal, Malvern (Marshall). 



This insect is probably not an Attalus; but the two ex- 

 amples before me being ap|>arently females, they may conve- 

 niently be placed there till the sexes are known. They differ 

 from the type of that germs in being hairy all over. The 



