238 Mr. G. 0. Ciianiplon on 



jind the outer joints of tlie antoniuo, vory sliglitly infnscato ; 

 tlic lc<;.s testaceous, the iuternuMliatc femora at the haso, and 

 tlie posterior femora with the basal half or more, bhiek ; legs 

 more slciulei*. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hub. Rhodesia, Salisbury (.l/«.v. Cape Town : 23. ix. 1915; 

 Dr. Marshall: x. 11)00 ; var*.). 



Four $ ? , the two larger ones selected as the tyi)es. Not 

 unlike E. {A/tah//;) ridais, Gorh. The elytra less shining 

 and with the blaeU subapical ))ateh transverse, instead of 

 arcuate. E. niyrofemoratus, the S of wliich lias pectinate 

 autenuEe, is also somewhat similarly marked, except that it 

 has the post-mediauspot large and rounded. In the Durban 

 Museum there is a small 5' , taken at Upi)er Tongaat in 

 1901, witli the head, antenufe, and legs black, and the sub- 

 apical mark very large and rounded, that may belong to the 

 same species. 



31. Ebceus cavicauda, sp. n. 



(J . Moderately elongate, rather broad, tlie elytra opaque, 

 the rest of the surface shining, very finely pubescent with 

 longer semiereet hairs intermixed ; the eyes, base of the 

 head, scutellum, metasternum, and abdomen in great part, 

 black, the antenniie, the rest of the head, protliorax, and legs 

 ■wholly testaceous, the elytra olive-green, with the excavated 

 apices black ; the head and protliorax almost smooth, the 

 elytra alutaceous and extremely minutely punctate. Head 

 rather broad, flattened in front ; antennae long, strongly 

 dentate from joint 4 onward. Protliorax transverse, ex- 

 planate and strongly rounded at the sides, much narrowed 

 jiostcriorly, at the middle distinctly wider than the base of 

 the elytra. Elytra moderately long, parallel at the base 

 and somewhat arcuately widened posteriorly, the apices 

 rather broadly produced, deeply, transversely excavate, sepa- 

 rately rounded at the tip, the cavity smooth and shining 

 within. Anterior tarsal joint 2 rather long, extending over 

 3 above, nigro-pectinate along the oblique apical margin; 

 posterior tibijc strongly bisinuate. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hub. S. Africa, Grahamstown {O'Neil, in Mus. Cape 

 Town). 



One male. Separable from E. conigerua^ ^ (ante No. 1), 

 by the olive-green opaque elytra, the longer, dentate, testa- 

 ceous antcniue, the relatively broader, explanate protliorax, 



