the African Spe.cit-s 0/ Ebajus. 227 



transversely excavate and plicate at the tip, the apices sub- 

 angularly produced, the suture of each elytron bearing a 

 lon^-, compressed appendage vehich is furnished with a down- 

 wanlly-curvcd, hook-like pencil of hairs at the apex, and 

 also with a small angular prominence before the angle. 

 - Hah. lluoDKsiA, Old Umtali in Mashonaland ' {Dr. 

 Marsliall). 



There are two ^ cJ and one ? of this species in the British 

 Museum. It may be known from E. (MLvls) rnfithura.v, Pic, 

 and other very similarly coloured insects by the red head 

 and under surface, and the elongate appendages of the 

 elytra, these heing nearly as long as in the same sex of 

 E. bicaudatus, Thoms. The subapical black patch is broad, 

 transverse, and subcrescentiform. Gorham compares his 

 insect with Philhedonus {Anthocomus) felhi\ which has simple 

 4-joiuted anterior tarsi in ,$ . 



13. Ebceus exquisitus. 



Attains {Mi.ris) e.vquisitus, Ab. de Perrin, Rev. d'Ent. xix. pp. 164, 

 176(1000) (d?)'. 



cJ . Antennce short, subserrate; anterior tarsal joint 2 

 extending over 3 above, nigro-pectinate at tip ; elytra 

 deeply excavate at the apex, the excavation preceded by the 

 flattened, apically-constrieted, pointed, porrect appendage 

 arising from the suture of each elytron, the sutural angle 

 somewhat pointed as seen from above, raised and subfolia- 

 ceous as seen in profile. 



Hab. S. Africa, Hebron, near Kiihberley ' {types of 

 Abeille de Pen-in), Salisbury, I^ulawayo, and Umfuli River 

 {Dr. Marshall), Caia, Zambesi (//. Sivale), Mwengwa and 

 Is^amwala, Rhodesia, Livingstone, Zambesi (H. C. Dollmayi). 



The long series of this species before me includes several 

 males. A rufo-testaceous insect ; the elytra subopaque, 

 with a small triangular spot on each side of the scutellum, 

 and a common, irregular, X- or H-shaped mai'k extending 

 across the disc to near the outer margin, black, the apex 

 and a humeral patch red, and the rest of the surface (like 

 the basal margin of the prothorax) whitish. The ^ type 

 has been lent me by Dr. Peringuey. 



E. {Mixis) michaelseniy Pic (1914), from Omaruru, S.W. 

 Africa, is an allied form. 



14. Eb(BUS sudanicus, sp. n. 

 $ . Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, sparsely 



