from Mashonaland and East Africa. 99 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury. 



'i'his species should be placed after E. monlana, Kolbe, in 

 the table given by that entomoli)gist in the Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Belg. 189-4, p. 555. It is closely related to that species and 

 to E. Mumbuice, Kolbe^ subsequently described, but is rather 

 smaller and stouter than either. Its scaly covering most 

 resembles that of E. Mamhoue, which, however, has larger 

 eyes and a more elongate pygidium, especially in the male 

 (whicli was unknown to the describer of the species). The 

 pygidium of E. masliona is practically the same in both sexes. 

 There are no larger isolated scales upon the elytra and those 

 of the prothorax are not erect as in E. montana. 



HypophoUs conspurcata, Gerst. — Two specimens from 

 j\lazoe, Mashonaland, appear to belong to this species, 

 altiiough no metallic lustre is perceptible and there are two 

 large dark patches upon the prouotum. As our two specimens 

 differ somewhat in coloration, however, the species is probably 

 a very variable one. 



Clitopa capra, sp. n. 



Breviter ovata, nigro-picea, undique albo- vol albo-fulvo-pilosa ; 

 capite supra ubicjue dense et longe setoso, clypeo antice late 

 arcuato ; prothorace vix duplo latiore quam longitudinera, cum 

 scutello longe et dense villoso, lateribus regulariter arcuatis, antice 

 multo, postice minus contractis, raargine poslico medio paulo 

 lobato ; elytris latis, punctato-rugosis, leviter costatis, undiquo 

 breviter pilosis, callis huraeralibus laivibus, denudatis, angulis 

 suturalibus separatim arcuatis ; corpore subtus cum pygidio 

 brevius pilosis, hoc parvo ; pedibus omnibus gracilibus, tibiis an- 

 ticis longe et distanter bidcntatis, singula calcare minutissimo 

 munita ; antennis nigris, articulo tertio ad quartum et quintura 

 longitudine vix tequali, clava triphylla, parum elongata. 



Long. 17 mm. 



JIah. Mashonaland, Salisbury. 



This is a rather short and broad beetle of uniformly dark 

 colour and thickly clothed with a pale yellow pubescence, 

 which becomes almost white on the lower surface. The head 

 is so densely clothed above with erect bristles as to conceal 

 entirely its form and sculpture, and the antennae are smaller 

 than usual in the species of this group. Although Lacordaire 

 has mentioned as a feature of the present genus that the third 

 joint of the antenna is as long as the rest of the stipes, 1 do 

 not yet know any species in whicli it is so ; but the characters 

 of this and the allied genera need considerable revision, for 

 the species show so great a variety of form that almost every 



