232 Mr. G. C. Champion om 



gate, extending over 3 above, and with a conspicuous black 

 comb extending along the entire outer cdgi; and tip; inter- 

 mediate tibiie twisted, areuately dilated and closely ciliate 

 near the base within ; elytra subparallel, the apices triangu- 

 larly produced, excavate, the suture of each elytron bearing 

 a short, compressed, sub-bidentate, ciliate appendage before 

 the rather acute angle. 



Lengtb 4-14 mm. ( J ? •) 



Hub. S. Africa, Hebron, near Kimberley ^ {types of Abeille 

 de Perriii) : Lichtenburg, Transvaal (Z)r. Braiins); Salisbury 

 and Bulawayo {Dr. Marshall), and Namwala, Rhodesia 

 {H. a Dollman). 



Redescribed from seven specimens, including four ^ ^ , 

 captured at various dates between November and March. 

 The type has been lent me by Dr. Peringuey. Larger and 

 more elongate than E. rufithorax, var. rhodesianus, Pic, and 

 very similarly coloured, except that the subapical black 

 patch is horseshoe-shaped as in E. ornatipennis^ Gorh,, ^ ; 

 the (^ with twisted, basally dilated, intermediate tibite, and 

 the apices of the elytra appendieulate and triangularly 

 produced. 



20. Ebeevs inermipennis. 



? Attains (Miiis) hierinipennis, Pic, Melanges exot.-eutom. xxv. p. 3 

 (d)(1917)^ 



Extremely like E. simoni, Ab., the head broadly testa- 

 ceous or whitish in front in both sexes ; the black basal 

 patch on the elytra oblong, concave within, reaching the 

 scutellum in front, the subapical patch arcuate. 



^ . Anterior tarsal joint 2 elongate, produced over 3 above, 

 with a black eomli extending along the entire outer edge ; 

 intermediate tibia? simple ; elytra very deeply, transversely 

 grooved at the apex, the apices themselves broadly subtrun- 

 eate, tumid, and somewhat explanate, the groove bordered iu 

 front near the suture by a short transverse plica. 



Length 4-4^ mm. (c? ? •) 



Hah. S.Africa, Port NataP {type of Pic), Headlands, 

 Mashonalaud {Dr. Marshall: xi. 181>7). 



A pair from Mashonaland seem to be referable to this 

 species. E. {Mixis) inermipennis, in Pic's " description 

 abregee," is compared with E. ridois, Gorh., and the elytral 

 apices of the c? are said to be '' tumefaetis, non spinosis.^' 



