668 Transactions South African Philosophical Socictij. [vol. xii. 



the clypeus is not narrowed laterally in front, and the maxillae are 

 pluri-dentate. 



Length 6-7 mm. ; width 3f-4^ mm. 



Hah. ? Natal (exact locality unknown). 



Ekiesthis hypocbita, n. spec. 



Black, with the elytra somewhat rufescent, covered on the head 

 and prothorax with pale yellow haii's which are dense, hut not long, 

 the posterior part of the prothorax is covered with closely set scales ; 

 scutellum squamose ; elytra clothed with scales mixed with very 

 short erect hairs of the same flavescent colour as the scales, and 

 mixed with equally short brownish hairs which are more numerous 

 or are hetter seen on two dorsal, partly denuded patches showing 

 more or less clearly on each side ; propygidium and pygidium 

 densely squamose ; abdomen clothed with appressed hairs ; legs and 

 pectus villose ; clypeus as broad as long, a little constricted at the 

 base, slightly ampliated in the middle, and with the apical margin, 

 which is only very slightly sinuate, reflexed and angular on each 

 side ; maxillae with three long, claw-like teeth, the basal one of which 

 is bifid ; anterior tibias tri-dentate. 



In some examples from Rustenburg, in the Transvaal, the scales 

 and hairs on the elytra are paler and the two brownish patches on 

 each side are almost hidden. 



Length 7-9 mm. ; width 4-5 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Durban, Newcastle) ; Transvaal (Potchefstroom, 

 Johannesburg, Rustenburg). 



Ebiesthis semihirta, Burm., 

 Handb. d. Entom. iv., 1, p. 52. 



Black, with the elytra dark chestnut-brown ; head and anterior 

 part of prothorax covered with yellow, villose hairs, posterior part of 

 prothorax with dense, squamose orange-yellow ones ; scutellum 

 densely squamose ; elytra clothed with contiguous orange-yellow, 

 appressed, squamose hairs leaving on the dorsal part on each side 

 three transverse denuded patches ; pygidium and upper sides of the 

 abdomen clothed with appressed squamiform hairs bright orange, 

 except on the lower side of abdomen, where they are grey ; clypeus 

 emarginate at tip and with the outer angles sharp, but nearly 

 parallel ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate ; maxilla; armed with five claw- 

 like teeth ; claws of hind legs double. 



Length 8 mm. ; width 4^ mm. 



