220 l\Ir. G. C. Champion on 



long, rounded .it the sides posteriorly ; sinuate-truncate and 

 deeply, abruptly, transversely exeavate at the apex, ihc 

 exeavation limited externally by a long, stout, interiorly- 

 hollowed, conical prominence, the sutural angle also raised 

 and angulate. Posterior tibia; ciirved. Auterior tarsal 

 joint 2 projecting over the base of 3, black at the tip. 



Length 3 mm. 



Had. RiiODKsiA, Salisbury (Br. Marshall: x. 1899). 



One specimen. A rufo-testaeeous insect, Avith opaque, 

 purplish-violaceous elytra, the latter strongly bidentate at 

 the apex in cJ , the five outer joints of the antennaj partly 

 or wholly black. E. {Mixis) rvfiihorax, Pic, cf , has a similar, 

 hut shorter, conical tubercle at the outer apical angle of the 

 elytra. The outer tubercle in E. conigerus is hook-like 

 wlien viewed in profile. 



2. Ebatus nairohianus , sp. n. 



S • Elongate, widened posteriorly, very finely pubescent, 

 the head and prothorax very shining, the elytra (except at 

 the base) opaque ; obscure metallic green^ the sides of the 

 prothorax broadly, and the abdomen (the black tip excepted), 

 rufo-testaceous, the antenual joints 1-4 (except 1 above), 

 and the anterior tarsi at the base, testaceous, the rest of the 

 antennae black. Head barely as wide as the ])rothorax, 

 almost smooth, bi-impressed in front ; antennje long, ser- 

 rate. Prothorax transverse, convex, almost smooth, rounded 

 at the sides, narrowed posteriorly. Elytra incompletely 

 covering the abdomen, very finely shagreeued and Mith an 

 indication of two faint raised lines on the disc ; constricted 

 and sinuato-truncate at the apex, deeply, transversely exca- 

 vate before the tip, the excavation polished within and 

 bordered on each side behind by a rather broad, tumid, 

 jjrojecting lamella. Auterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 

 the base of 3. 



Length 3i mm. 



Hah. E. Afuica, Ngong Forest, Nairobi {A. F. J. Gedye: 

 18. X. 1920). 



One cJ , presented to the British oVIuseum. More elongate 

 and larger than the S. African E. ramicojuis^ 13oh., the 

 elytra wholly metallic, the abdomen red, except at the tip, 

 the antenna; simply serrate in ^ . 



