the African Sperirs 0/ Ebanis. 2-11 



testaceous ; the head and protliorax very s[)arse1y, the elytra 

 densely, extremely minutely jjunctate. Head narrower than 

 the prothorax, bi-impressed in front; antennte short, serrate. 

 Prothorax larji^e, convex, transverse, roniuled at the sides, 

 narrowly marj^incd. Klytra at the base about as wide as the 

 prothorax, moderately lon^, subparallel. 



cJ . Antennae, legs, aiul the two terminal abdominal seg- 

 ments, testaceous, the testaceous markings on the elytra 

 more extended, the sutural and lateral patclies broadly con- 

 nected with the pallid aj)ical space ; head a little broader, 

 the eyes more prominent ; antennae much longer, strongly 

 pectinate; elytra each with an arcuate excavation towards 

 the apex, the apical portion somewhat narrowly produced, 

 raised and strongly tumid along the suture; anterior tarsal 

 joint 1 short, 2 elongate, reaching the apex of 3 aboye, and 

 with a black comb extending along the outer edge; pygidium 

 rather long and narrow, sulcate at tip. 



Length 3 mm. ( c? ? .) 



Hab. S. Africa, Bulawayo {Dr. Marshall: c^ ? ), Lonely, 

 Rhodesia (//. Swale : ? ). 



One S ■, seven 9 ? . Very near E. {Anthocomus) apricus, 

 Gorh., the elytra with a common oval testaceous space 

 before the middle, connected along the suture with the 

 a[)ical patch ; the ^ with shorter, pectinate antennae, the 

 clytral apices more swollen beyond the subapical sulcus and 

 narrowly produced, and the last two abdominal segments 

 testaceous. E. apricus was also found at Bulawayo. 



36. Ebceus nicjrofemoratus, sp. n. 



$ . ^NToderately elongate, widened posteriorly, finely pubes- 

 cent, without long hairs intermixed, the elytra opaque, the 

 rest of the surface shining ; black, the three basal joints of 

 the antenuie beneath, prothorax, elytra, tibin?, and bases 

 of the tarsi testaceous or rufo-testaceous ; the elytra with a 

 common transverse patch at the base, extending narrowly 

 outwards to the humeri, and a large rounded spot on the 

 disc of each towards the apex, black; the head and prothorax 

 very sparsely, minutely, the elytra closely, very finely, punc- 

 tate. Head small, much narrower than the prothorax ; 

 antennae serrate, rather slender, short. Prothorax transverse, 

 convex, obliquely narrowed posteriorly. Elytra much broader 

 than the prothorax, comparatively short. 



(J. Antenuie long, pectinate; anterior tarsal joint 2 elon- 

 gated, reaching the apex of 3 above, nigro-pectiuate along 



