tlie African S/>ecics o/Ebscus. 225 



Lcngtli 3} mm. 



Ilah. S. Ai'iiicA, Leslies, near Uratali, Manica {Dr. Mar- 

 shall : 25.x. 1897). 



One male. Of the same general coloration as U. {Mala- 

 chius) consohr'inus, IJoii., the head more broadly testaceous 

 in front; the elytra with a small additional spot before the 

 tip, and the large patch preceding it subtriangular and not 

 extending so far backward, the puncturing more distinct; 

 the c? -appendages stout, and abruptly hooked or angulate 

 as seen in profile. 



10. Ehceus bicaudatus. 



Urodactiflus bicnuclntun, J. Tlioms. Archives Ent. ii. p. 80, t. 1. 



ti-a. o;or^(J)' (18o8). 

 Attalus (Mi.ris) bizoiiatus, Ab. de Perriu, Rev. d'Ent. xix. p. 177 



(1900) (cJ)^ 



($ . Anterior tarsal joint 2 extending over 3 above, nigro- 

 pectinate at the tip ; intermediate tibiai simple ; posterior 

 tibiae sinuate, slightly infuscate in the middle, and nigro- 

 maculate at the tip ; elytra with the snbapical nigro- 

 violaceous fascia extending for some distance down the 

 suture, the apices transversely excavate and each with a 

 long, compressetl, concave appendage arising from near the 

 suture, the appendages abruptly constricted beyond the 

 middle, and with the apical portion curved downwards, 

 hook-like, and pointed at the tip. 



? . Autennce shorter, feebly serrate; elytral fasciae trans- 

 verse. 



Hub. W. Africa, Gaboon' {^yp^ of Thomson), Sierra 

 Leone (Mus. Brit.: d" ? ), Dakar, SenegaP {type of Abeille 

 de Perrin, ^ ). 



The British Museum possesses a pair of this species, 

 acquired in 1858. Thomson's enlarged figure of the elytral 

 appendages is misleading (they are not 3-segraented as 

 shown by him), and he does not mention or show the 

 sinuate, nigro-maculate posterior tibia? of the male, a 

 character noted by Abeille de Perrin. The antennae are 

 testaceous and sharply serrate. The base of the head is 

 black. E. {Urodactyius) uncipc/mis, Pic (1903), from San 

 Thome, is an allied insect Avith ditferently-marked elytra. 



11. Kb(Bus maculipes, sp. u. 



? . Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, clothed with 

 scattered pallid pubescence intermixed with long, erect. 



