222 Mr. G. C. Champion on 
5. Ebeus dunbrodensis. 
Anthocomus martini, var. dunbrodensis, Pic, L’Echange, xxvii. p. 156 
(1911). 
3. Elytra obliquely sinuato-excavate at the apex, and 
with a transverse, laterally-angulate lamella within the 
apical margin externally, the sutural angles obliquely trun- 
cate ; the other characters as in H. martini, Pic. 
Hab. S. Arrica, Dunbrody! (Mus. Cape Town: S 2), 
Grahamstown (ex coll. Fry: 2). 
One ¢ and three ? ? seen. Separable from EH. martini 
by the uni-lamellate apices of the elytra in the ¢; the 
markings of the latter are also different, there being no 
trace of a common subapical testaceous spot in the present 
insect. The development of the black portion of the pro- 
thorax is variable in both of them. 
6. Hbeus sericatus, sp. n. 
@. Moderately elongate, convex, widened posteriorly, 
opaque, very finely sericeo-pubescent ; black, the basal six or 
seven antennal joints, the prothorax (a triangular or oblong 
patch on the anterior part of the disc excepted), the legs 
(the femora in part excepted), and the abdomen in part, 
testaceous or rufo-testaceous ; the elytra flavous, each with 
a large triangular patch at the base and a rounded or sub- 
angular space towards the apex (these markings connected 
along the middle of the dise in one of the Beira specimens) 
bluish-black ;-the head and prothorax almost smooth, the 
elytra alutaceous, excessively minutely punctate. Head 
narrower than the prothorax ; antennz rather stout, short, 
serrate. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the 
sides, very narrowly margined. Elytra simply rounded at 
the apex. Posterior tibia curved. 
g. Anterior tarsal joint 2 raised above the base of 3; 
elytra with the apical margin tumid and lJamellato-truncate, 
angularly projecting externally, the tumid space not pre- 
ceded by a deep sinuous groove as in /. dunbrodensis ; 
pygidium testaceous. 
Var. 2. The elytral markings black and connected 
down the middle of the disc, the head and prothorax wholly 
rufo-testaceous. 
Length 2,4-2,°5 mm. 
Hab. 8S. Arrica, Salisbury, Rhodesia [type], Beira [var. ] 
(Dr. Marshall: ix. 1900, x. 1908). 
