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a line with it (running forwards along the outer margin), 
one, rounded, on the disc of each towards the apex, and a 
common transverse apical patech—yellowish-white or flavous, 
the rest of the elytral surface brownish-black ; the head and 
prothorax almost smooth, the elytra densely, finely punctate. 
Head nearly as wide as the prothorax ; antennz rather short, 
serrate. Prothorax broader than long, obliquely narrowed 
posteriorly. Hlytra moderately long. 
Length 3-35 mm. 
Hab. E. Arrica, Nyasa (Mus. Brit.). 
Two specimens. Differs from the allied southern and 
Rhodesian forms with longitudinally-confluent black mark- 
ings in having a rather large, rounded, additional whitish 
subapical spot on each elytron. The elytra themselves are 
doubtless excavate aud appendiculate in ¢. 
29. Ebeus amenulus. 
2. Malachius amenulus, Boh. Ins. Caffraria, i. 2, p. 463 (1851). 
Hab. 8S. Arrica, Natal. 
A co-type of this insect, communicated by Dr, Sjéstedt, 
agrees with FE. (Miais) exquisitus, Ab., in having a red head ; 
but it has the elytral markings more like those of EH. crassi- 
cauda and FE. consobrinus, the black mesially-constricted 
dorsal stripe extending forward to the base (leaving the 
humeri testaceous) and inward to the suture beyond the 
middle. 
30. Hbeus tetrazona, sp. n. 
?. Rather broad, widened posteriorly, moderately elon- 
gate, the elytra opaque, the rest of the surface shining, finely 
pubescent, with longer, semierect, black, bristly hairs inter- 
mixed; rufo-testaceous, the antennal joits 5-11, palpi, base 
of head broadly, scutellum, two large transverse patches on 
each elytron (one basal, the other subapical, not reaching 
the suture or outer margin), posterior tibiz, tarsi in part, 
metasternum, and abdomen in great part, black; the head 
and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra closely, finely, 
rugulosely punctate. Head much narrower than the pro- 
thorax ; antenne short, sharply serrate from joint 5 onward. 
Prothorax convex, transverse, obliquely narrowed posteriorly. 
Elytra moderately long, with a smoother, somewhat convex 
area at the apex. Legs rather stout. 
Var, ¢. Smaller and less robust; the head at the base, 
