the African Species of Ebrous. 223 



Two c? S ^"f^ oi^G ? of the Ilhodosiati fornrij two ? 9 from 

 Bcira, Exactly like E. diinhntdi'iisis, Pic, but with the 

 apices of the elytra diH'ereiitly shaped in the ^ ; the l)asul 

 patch on each elytron trianjjfularly extending backwards and 

 sometimes coalescent with the subapical one along the 

 iniddic of the disc. There is no tendency in these examples 

 to approach IC. martini or its var. natalensis, Pic. 



7. Ebaiis alboguttatus, sp. n. 



? . Moderately elongate, robust, rather convex, widened 

 posteriorly, shining, clothed with fine scattered pubescence 

 intermixed with long, semiercct, black, bristly hairs ; rufo- 

 testaccous, the outer joints of the antennae more or less 

 infuseate, the head (a posteriorly-biangulate flavous space 

 in front excepted), scutellura, and metasternum black ; the 

 lateral and basal margins of the prothorax and the elytra 

 (the reddish apex excepted) white or yellowish-white, 

 each elytron witli a very large triangular^ apically-produced 

 basal patch (reaching the suture) and a broad, angnlate, 

 subapical fascia, these markings narrowly coalescent down 

 the middle of the disc, black ; the wings fusco-variegate ; 

 the head and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra closely, 

 finely (at the base more strongly) punctured. Head nar- 

 rower tlian the prothorax ; antennae short, not very slender, 

 subserratc. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra moderately long. Legs rather stout. 



cJ . Antennae longer; anterior tarsal joint 2 rather stout, 

 long, nigro-pectinate along the entire outer edge; elytra less 

 dilated posteriorly, each deeply excavate before the tip, the 

 apical margin obliquely thickened, produced, bidentate, the 

 suture bearing a stout blackish spiniform process within 

 the cavity. 



Length 3^-1 mm. ■ [^ ? .) 



Hah. S. Africa {Mus. Cape Town) ; Namwala [iii, 1913] 

 and Namwazi [vi. 1914], N.W. Rhodesia {H. C. DoUman). 



Thirteen specimens, including four males. Near E.^Mixis) 

 ruf thorax, Pic, the black elytral markings narroM'ly coales- 

 cent down the middle of the disc (leaving sharply-defined 

 whitish patches), the antenn;e shorter ; the elytral apices of 

 the c^ obliquely polished, bidentate, deeply excavate, nigro- 

 spinose within. 



