598 H. S. GORHAM 



Hab. Abyssinia : Scioa c/" (Antinori); J^ 9 Plains of the Hama- 

 zen, and woody districts of Goundet and Adoua {Raffray). 



The difference in size between the larger of two males and 

 the smallest of seven females of this species taken by M. Raffray 

 is very great , the latter measuring only 3 Y2 niillim., while the 

 male measures 6 millim. In the 9 the yellow suture and mar- 

 gin are sometimes confluent at the widened part, so as to form 

 a fascia; in other specimens it is reduced on the margin so as 

 only to form a spot. 



2. Hedybius lividus, n. sp. 



Testaceus, elytris flavo-alhescentibus, capite lato prothorace medio 

 angulariter dilatato. Long. Q-Q ^/^ millim. 



Mas, capitis fronte lamelli duplici dentiformi approximata; epi- 

 stomate retrorsum in cornua duo producto, antennis articulis tertio 

 ad sextum serratis intus nigro acuminatis. 



Hab. Abyssinia c/" 9 {Maffray). 



That the male characters of many Malachiidae are extraor- 

 dinary is well known; — in the present species they are of 

 very peculiar form; the extreme front part of the head is pro- 

 duced backwards into a sort of broad plate , each external angle 

 of which forms a blunt recurved mucro, further back on the 

 centre of the head is a double sharp keel angularly raised , 

 the antennae spring from the extreme front. The head is fully 

 as wide as in the last species being much dilated, but is not 

 narrower in the female as in H. formosus being nearly as wide 

 as in the male, but its front is plain. 



This is one of the most interesting of the many new forms 

 collected by M. Raffray, by whom it was found in the same 

 localities as H. formosus. Three males and two females were in 

 the collection sent to me by D'^. Gestro. 



Genus A.tta>lus, Erichs. 



1. Attalus limbipennis, n. sp. 



NigeVj capitis fronte^ prothoì'ace, antennarum basì, pedibusque 



