the African Species o/Eba3Us. 221 



3. Ebceus rubricatus, sp. n. 



S . El(iitgatc, widened posteriorly, the elytra opaque, the 

 rest of the surfaee somewhat shining, finely sericeo-pubes- 

 oent ; black, the antcnnal joints 1-5 (except 1 above) and 

 11 in part, the sides of the prothorax broadly, and the 

 elytra (a common oblong spot on the suture before the tip 

 excepted) testaceous ; extremely finely, closely punctate. 

 Ileadj antennae, thorax, and elytra as in E. martini and 

 dunbrodensis, Pic ; elytra transversely excavate before the 

 tij), the apical margin tumid and subangulate externally, 

 and with a narrow, rather long, blunt process arising from 

 each sutural angle ; anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 3 

 above. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hah. E. Africa, Port Natal [Durban] {ex coll. Fry). 



One male. This is one of four closely-related S. African 

 insects, separal)le, inter se, apart from colour-dilferences, l)y 

 the shajjc of the apices of the elytra in (^ . Tlie structure 

 of the anterior tarsi in this sex excludes them from Ant/io- 

 comus. 



4. Ebceus martini. 



Anthocomns martini and var. natalensis, Pic, L'Echange, xx. p. 27 

 {d$)(U)04)'. 



cJ . Anteiuue long, rather stout, subserrate ; elytra 

 obliquely sinuato-excuvate and bilamellate at the tip, the 

 lamellaj truncate and feebly emarginate, the upper one 

 placed above the cavity externally and the other at the 

 sutural angle ; anterior tarsal joint 2 prolonged over the 

 base of 3 above, black at the tip. 



? . Antennse shorter ; elytra with the apical mnrgiu 

 simply tumid. 



Hab. 8. Africa, NataP {ti/pe of Flo), iMalvcrn (^Mus. 

 Durban :<??)• 



A variable insect ; the elytra usually with an ante-median 

 fascia and a common apical sj)ot on the suture before the 

 apex testaceous, sometimes bluush-blaek (the testaceous apex 

 excepted) in (5" j the fascia in this case being indicated by 

 greyish pulxseence. The upper surface is opaque and 

 tinely sericeo-pubescent. According to Pic, the first joint 

 (= second) of the anterior tarsi is prolonged in (^ . An 

 imperfect specimen of the same sex from Zululand {Mus. 

 Cape Tuicn) may also belong here. 



