222 Mr. G. C. Ohampion on 



5. Ehteus (htubrodensis. 



Ajithocomus mnrtinl, var. (lunhrodemis, Pic, L'Echange, xxvii. p. l')G 

 (1911)'. 



(? . Elytra obliquely sinuato-excavate at the apex, and 

 with a transverse, lateral ly-anj^ulate lamella within the 

 apical margin externally, the sutural angles obliquely trun- 

 cate ; the other characters as in E. martini, Pic. 



JIab. S. Afkica, Dunbrody ^ {Mus. Cape Town: c? ? ), 

 Grahamstown (e.v coll. Fri/ : ? ). 



One cJ and three ? ? seen. Separable from E. martini 

 by the uni-lamellate apices of the elytra in the cJ ; the 

 markings of the latter are also different, there being no 

 trace of a common subapical testaceous spot in the present 

 insect. The development of the black portion of the pro- 

 thorax is variable in both of them. 



0. Ebaus sericatus, sp. n. 



? . Moderately elongate, convex, widened posteriorly, 

 opaque, very finely sericeo-pubcsceut ; black, the basal six or 

 seven antennal joints, the prothorax (a triangular or oblong 

 patch on the anterior part of the disc excepted), the legs 

 (the femora in part excepted), and the abdomen in part, 

 testaceous or rufo-testaceous ; the elytra flavous, each with 

 a large triangular patch at the base and a rounded or sub- 

 angular space towards the apex (these markings connected 

 along the middle of the disc in one of the Beira specimens) 

 bluish-black; the head and prothorax almost smooth, the 

 elytra aUitaceous, excessively minutely punctate. Head 

 narrower than the prothorax ; antennae rather stout, short, 

 serrate. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the 

 sides, very narrowly margined. Elytra simply rounded at 

 the apex. Posterior tibia, curved. 



^ . Anterior tarsal joint 2 raised above the base of 3 ; 

 elyti'a with the a])ical margin tumid and lamellato-truncate, 

 angularly projecting externally, the tumid space not pre- 

 ceded by a deep sinuous groove as in E. dunbrodensis ; 

 pygidium testaceous. 



Var. ? . The elytral markings black and connected 

 down the middle of the disc, the head and prothorax wholly 

 rufo-testaceous. 



Length 2,\-2n, mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Salisburv, Rhodesia [type], Beira [var.] 

 (Dr. Marshall: ix. lOOO, x.*1908). 



