the African Species q/Ebfeiis. 2.'J9 



the l)laok scutclliini, tlic noii-dcntatc, excavate, produced 

 apices of the elytra, and the bisiuuate posterior tibiae. 



32. Eb(Bus ramicornis. 



(5". Anthoconuis rainicorma, P.oh. Ins. Caffr. i. 2, p. 1(59(1801) ' ? 



2. Attains at'ricanm, I'ic, Jj'Ecliano^o, xx. p. 26 (1904) -? 



cJ. J-y>ffi<nnorp/ius ra)tuconiis, Pic, I.e. p. 28 '. 



cf. Ebaiomorphus natalensis, Pic, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1917, p. 2oo '. 



(J . Antennae long, flabellate ; elytra with the apex rufo- 

 testaceous, excavate, and bilauiellate ; anterior tarsal joint 2 

 nigro-poctinate at the tip. 



? . Antennje shorter, serrate; elytra wholly metallic. 



Length 2i mm. (-:??.) 



Hah. Natal ^~^, ^Malvern, E, London {Mus. Durban, Mus. 

 Cape Town :(??), Zululand (e.r coll. Fry : ? ). 



Specimens of the two sexes of this insect have been sent 

 me by Dr. Peringney and Mr. C. Barker. Boheman's type 

 ((^) is described- as having black elytra, with the apex rufo- 

 testaceous, that of Pic ( ^ ) being metallic, except at the tip, 

 the diagnoses agreeing'iu other respects. The black patch 

 on the disc of the prothorax varies in development, and in 

 the ? it is sometimes reduced to a large spot in front. The 

 numerous J examples before me agree with Pic's description 

 of that sex ; the ? might easily be mistaken for an Attalus. 



33. Ebaeus dichrous, sp. u. 



? . Rather short, broad, much widened posteriorly, shin- 

 ing, finely sericeo-pubesceut ; head (the eyes excepted), the 

 antennal joints 1-5 in part (1 nigro-lineate above, and 6-11 

 more or less infuscate), prothorax, and legs (the slightly 

 infuscate tarsi excepted) testaceous, the elytra cyaneous, the 

 scutellum, metasternum, and abdomen piceous or black ; 

 the head and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra very 

 finely, rather closely punctate. Head broad; antenna? Ion f 

 serrate from joint 5 onward. Prothorax strongly transverse, 

 much wider than the head, rounded at the sides, the margins 

 somewhat expanded. ^ Elytra siibarcuately dilated from a 

 little l^elow the base, depressed along the suture anteriorly. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hub. Natal, Malvern {Mus. T) urban). 



Two 9 ? , labelled as having been captured on July 25th, 

 190L Larger and broader than E. ramicornis ( ? ), the head 

 prothorax, and legs testaceous. Till the ^ is found, E. 

 dichrous can be placed near that species. E, conigerus is a 



