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its carina forming an obtuse angle. Antennae with the scape 

 reaching the apical constriction of the prothorax, rather 

 slender^ abruptly clavate, somewhat coarsely punctate, and 

 closely set with short recumbent setae ; the two basal joint* 

 of the funicle equal, 3-6 slightly and progressively diminish- 

 ing in length, 7 as long as 5, and all much longer than 

 broad. Prothorax much broader than long, rather strongly 

 rounded at the sides, broadest in front of the middle, with 

 a broad apical constriction which is continued across the 

 dorsum ; the base distinctly marginate and a little broader 

 than the apex, which is shallowly sinuate in the middle ; 

 the disk coarsely and confluently punctate, the shiny in- 

 tervals bearing sparse fine punctures, and on each side a 

 short low ridge lying between two shallow impressions ; the 

 scales very sparse, but more dense in the lateral impressions, 

 in a very short longitudinal impression in the middle of 

 the base, and in a small median spot near the apex. 

 Scutellum invisible. Elytra ovate, jointly sinuate at the 

 base, the apex (which is just visible directly from above) 

 rather broadly rounded ; the punctures in the striae large 

 and subquadrate ; the intervals not broader than the striae, 

 Bubcostate, and each with a row of low granules which are 

 much more prominent on the declivity on intervals 1, 3, 5, 7 ; 

 the scales small and subquadrate, the recumbent setse on the 

 granules being hardly distinguishable from them. Leys 

 uniformly and fairly densely clothed with pale scaling ; the 

 femora unarmed ; the hind tibia3 flattened internally near 

 the apex and there set with a number of erect brownish setae, 

 the corbel truncate almost transversely to the axis of the 

 tibia, its inner edge bearing a broad vertical truncate lamina. 

 Sternum w^ith the intercoxal process of the mesosternum 

 tuberculate. Venter with the last visible ventrite ( ($ ) shal- 

 lowly impressed across its whole width in the apical half, 

 the basal area having a broad low rounded elevation on 

 each side. 



Length 8-9 mm., breadth 3'6-4 mm. 



Cape Province : 2 ^ S ■ 



Closely related to E. atratus, Sparrm., but tliis species has 

 the prothorax much smoother and very finely punctate, with 

 faint scattered punctures and the lateral impressions almost 

 obsolete ; the rostrum is sulcate only on the anterior half, 

 and lacks the apical longitudinal carina; the forehead is 

 much more finely punctate and not longitudinally striolate ; 

 the eyes are larger, the length being equal to nearly two- 

 thirds the width of the forehead ; the intervals on the elytra 

 are almost bare and quite smooth on the disk, and interval 



