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8. Ebeus ornatipennis. 
Attalus (2) ornatipennis, Gorh. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v. p. 77 
(gd 2) (1900) ". 
¢. Anterior tarsal joint 1 very short, 2 elongate, pro- 
longed over 3 above, nigro-pectinate along the entire outer 
edge and tip; intermediate tibiz simple; elytra transversely 
excavate at the apex, the suture of each elytron bearing 
before the tip a long, erect, compressed, apically-ciliate 
appendage, which is armed with a triangular tooth at the 
middle behind, the sutural angles slightly produced, up- 
turned, and dentiform. 
Hab. Ruovesta, Salisbury* (Mus. Brit., Mus. Durban: 
gd 2), Mwengwa (H. C. Dollman: 138. xii. 1913, 1. v. 1914: 2). 
Thirteen specimens seen, all 2 ¢ but two. The elytral 
appendages of the g were not described by Gorham, though 
very similar to those of his EZ. (Aéttalus) ridens. The anterior 
tarsi in the same sex are formed as in the similarly-coloured, 
much larger /. (Mizxis) simoni, Ab. The black subapical 
annulus is complete in the 2 , and open posteriorly or horse- 
shoe-shaped in the g. The black basal portion of the head 
is triangularly produced in front on each side between the 
eyes. 
9. Ebeus crassicauda, sp. nu. 
3. Moderately elongate, widened behind, shining, sparsely 
clothed with fine pubescence intermixed with longer bristly 
hairs; testaceous, the basal half of the head, the scutellum, 
and metasternum black; the lateral and basal margins of 
the prothorax and the elytra yellowish-white, each elytron 
with a large, triangular, backwardly-produced basal patch 
and an outwardly-extended triangular patch beyond the 
middle (the latter not reaching the suture), these markings 
coalescent down the middle of the disc, and a small tri- 
angular sutural spot before the tip, black ; the head and 
prothorax almost smooth, the elytra finely punctulate. 
Head nearly as wide as the prothorax; anteune rather 
slender, serrate. Prothorax transverse. Elytra somewhat 
produced at the apex, transversely excavate before the tip, 
the suture of each bearing a long, stout, compressed, hooked 
appendage immediately behind the subapical spot, the 
sutural angle sharply produced. Anterior tarsal joint 2 
nigro-pectinate along the outer edge. 
