the Afviran S/>crle<t o/Ebt^iis. 2'M 



a line with it (runiiin,'; forwards alon^ the outer marf^in). 

 one, rounded, on the disc of each towards the apex, and a 

 common transverse apical patch — ydlowish-whitc or flavons, 

 the rest of the elytra! surface hrownish-ijlack ; the head and 

 prothorax almost smooth, the elytra densely, Htiely punctate. 

 Head nearly as wide as the prothorax ; antenme rather short, 

 serrate. Prothorax broader than long, obliquely narrowed 

 posteriorly. Elytra moderately long. 



Length 3-3i mm. 



ffah. E. Afiiica, Nyasa (Mus. Brit.). 



Two specimens. Differs from the allied southern and 

 llhodesian forms with longitudinally-conHuent black mark- 

 ings in having a rather large, rounded, additional v/hitisji 

 sul)apical spot on each elytron. The elytra themselves are 

 doubtless excavate and appendiculate in (^ . 



29. Ebaiis nmcenuliis. 

 2 . Malat'hius antasnulus, Boh. Ins. CalTr.aria, i. 2, p. 463 (1851). 



Hab. S. Africa, Natal. 



A co-type of this insect, communicated by Dr. Sjostedt, 

 agrees with E. {Mixis) exqnisitus, Ah., in having a red head ; 

 but it has the elytral markings more like those of E. crassi- 

 cauda and 1'^. consohrinus, the black mesially-constricted 

 dorsal stripe extending forward to the base (leaving the 

 linraeri testaceous) and inward to the suture beyond the 

 middle. 



30. EbcBUs tetrazona, sp. n. 



? . Rather broad, widened posteriorly, moderately elon- 

 gate, the elytra opaque, the rest of the surface shining, finely 

 pubescent, with longer, semierect. black, bristly hairs inter- 

 mixed; rufo-testaceous, the antcmial joints 5-11, i)alpi,base 

 of head broadly, scutellum, two large transverse patches on 

 each elytron (one basal, the other subapical, not reaching 

 the suture or outer margin), posterior tibire, tarsi in part, 

 metasternum, and abdomen in great part, black; the head 

 and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra closely, finely, 

 rugulosely punctate. Head much narrower than the pro- 

 thorax ; antennic short, sharply serrate from joint 5 onward. 

 Prothorax convex, transverse, obliquely narrowed posteriorly. 

 Elytra moderately long, with a smoother, somewhat convex 

 area at the apex. Legs rather stout. 



Var, ? . Smaller and less robust; the head at the base, 



