44 Mr. G. C. Cliampion on 



stripe posteriorly, whitish ; the head and prothorax almost 

 smooth, the elytra finely punctured. Head broad, nearly as 

 wide as the prothorax, the eyes prominent, large ; antennae 

 long, sharply dentato-serrate from joint 5 onward, 2 very 

 small. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the sides, 

 narrowed behind. Elytra wider than the prothorax; deeply, 

 transversely excavate at the apex, and Avith two appendages 

 arising from the sutnral margin of the cavity — the upper 

 one long, compressed, obliquely truncate, and furnished 

 with a matted curved pencil of hairs at the tip, the lower 

 one shorter, pointed, dentiform. Anterior tarsal joint 2 

 extending over the whole length of 3 and nigro-pectinate 

 aloDg the entire outer edge ; posterior tibise sinuously 

 bowed towards the apex. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hab. E. Africa, Narossura Eiver (W. P. Loive : xi. 1912). 



One ^ . A peculiar form, with whitish, nigro-bilineate 

 elytra, the prothorax black, except along the margins, the 

 antennse testaceous and sharply serrate, and the black comb 

 on the second joint of the front feet very conspicuous. 



Attalus, Er. 



12 (fl). Attains ramifer^ sp. n. 



Attalus subccRruleus, var., Champ. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) ix. p. 576 

 ($) (May 1922). 



^ . Rather short, widened posteriorly, very shining, clothed 

 with fine, semierect hairs ; black, the basal joints of the 

 antennae in part and the prothorax (a short transverse space 

 in front, formed by the basal portion of the head showing 

 through the transparent chitin, excepted) rufo-testaceous 

 or testaceous, the elytra cyaneous ; the head and prothorax 

 almost smooth, the elytra finely, rather sparsely punctured. 

 Head a little narrower than the prothorax ; antennse very 

 long, flabellate. Prothorax strongly transverse, convex, 

 rounded at the sides, deeply, transversely sulcate at the base. 

 Elytra comparatively short, broader than the prothorax, 

 widening to near the tip, strongly depressed along the suture 

 below the base, the apical portion convex. Legs slender ; 

 anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 3 above. 



? . Antennse much shorter, slender, serrate, joints 5-10 

 acutely triangular ; elytra more widened posteriorly. 



Length 2 J mm. 



