the African Species of Ebeus. 221 
3. Ebeus rubricatus, sp. n. 
3. Elongate, widened posteriorly, the elytra opaque, the 
rest of the surface somewhat shining, finely sericeo-pubes- 
cent; black, the antennal joints 1-5 (except 1 above) and 
11 in part, the sides of the prothorax broadly, and the 
elytra (a common oblong spot on the suture before the tip 
excepted) testaceous ; extremely finely, closely punctate. 
Head, antenne, thorax, and elytra as in 1. martini and 
dunbrodensis, Pic; elytra transversely excavate before the 
tip, the apical margin tumid and subangulate externally, 
and with a narrow, rather long, blunt process arising from 
each sutural angle; anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 3 
above. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hab, EK. Arrica, Port Natal | Durban] (ex coll. Fry). 
One male. ‘This is one of four closely-related 8S. African 
insects, separable, infer se, apart from colour-differences, by 
the shape of the apices of the elytrain g. ‘The structure 
of the anterior tarsi in this sex excludes them from Antho- 
comus. 
4, Ebeus martint. 
Anthocomus martini and var. natalensis, Pic, L’Echange, xx. p. 27 
(3 2) (1904) * 
g. Antenne long, rather stout, subserrate ; elytra 
obliquely sinuato-excavate and bilamellate at the tip, the 
lamellz truncate and feebly emarginate, the upper one 
placed above the cavity externally and the other at the 
sutural angle ; anterior tarsal joint 2 prolonged over the 
base of 3 above, black at the tip. 
or Antenne shorter ; ; elytra with the apical margin 
simply tumid. 
Hab. S. Arrica, Natal! (type of Pic), Malvern (Mus. 
Durban: $2). 
A variable insect ; the elytra usually with an ante-median 
fascia and a common apical spot on the suture before the 
apex testaceous, sometimes bluish-black (the testaceous apex 
excepted) in ¢, the fascia in this case being indicated by 
greyish pubescence. ‘The upper surface is opaque and 
finely sericeo-pubescent. According to Pic, the first joint 
(= second) of the anterior tarsi is prolonged in ¢@. An 
imperfect specimen of the same sex from Zululand (Mus. 
Cape Tuwn) may also belong here. 
