new Malachiid Beetles, 45 



Hab. S. Africa, Durban [type] (F. Midr : 1902: S)y 

 mouth of the River Ifafa * {Mus. Durban : ? ). 



One pair, possibly a form of A. subcaeruleus witli a testa- 

 ceous, relatively shorter prothorax ; but till a ^ with a black 

 prothorax is found it is better to keep the two insects 

 as distinct, the S found at Durban having the antennte 

 flabellate as in the same sex of Ebceus ramicornis^ Boh. 

 The elytra are much more sparsely punctured than in the 

 similarly-coloured A.frerensis. All these insects and other 

 closely allied forms inhabit Natal. 



15. Attains bevinsi, sp. n. 



S . Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, somewhat 

 depressed, shining, thickly clothed Avith fine cinereous 

 pubescence intermixed on the elytra with numerous erect 

 blackish bristly hairs ; brassy or bronze-black, sometimes 

 with a cupreous tinge, the antennse black, the mandibles 

 at the base, tibiae, and basal joint of anterior tarsi testaceous; 

 the entire upper surface closely, minutely punctured, the 

 puncturing on the elytra rugulose and a little stronger than 

 on the prothorax and interrupted by intermixed scattered 

 smooth raised points. Head rather long, much narrower 

 than the prothorax, the eyes oval as seen from above ; 

 antennse moderately elongate, rather stout, tapering towards 

 the tip, joints 4-10 triangular. Prothorax nearly as long 

 as broad, feebly rounded at the sides, not very convex. 

 Elytra much broader than the prothorax, widening to near 

 the tip, incompletely covering the abdomen. Tibise and 

 tarsi very slender ; anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 

 the base of 3 above. 



$ . Antennae shorter and more slender ; elytra more 

 widened posteriorly, leaving two abdominal segments exposed. 



Length 2^-3 mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope 

 (^W. BevinSyin Mus. Brit.). 



Two S (^ , seven $ $ , received by the Museum in 1906. 

 A form of A. ceresensis, Champ., with the tibiae testaceous, the 

 prothorax unimpressed on each side of the disc (appearing 

 more convex), and the antennae of the ^ less elongate, these 

 organs in the same sex of the latter being nearly as long 

 as in A. oneili, Pic. The present insect is not nnlike the 



* Wrongly quoted by me, anted, as ^' Ifafa Mts." 



