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its carina forming an obtuse angle. Antennse with the scape 

 reaching the apical constriction of the prothorax, rather 

 slender, abruptly clavate, somewhat coarsely punctate, and 

 closely set with short recumbent setae ; the two basal joints 

 of the funicle equal, 3-6 slightly and progressively diminish- 

 ing in length, 7 as long as 5, and all much longer than 

 broad. Prothorax much broader than long, rather strongly 

 rounded at the sides, broadest in front of the middle, with 

 a broad apical constriction which is continued across the 

 dorsum ; the base distinctly marginate and a little broader 

 than the apex, which is shallowly sinuate in the middle ; 

 the disk coarsely and confluently punctate, the shiny in- 

 tervals bearing sparse fine punctures, and on each side a 

 short low ridge lying between two shallow impressions ; the 

 scales very sparse, but more dense in the lateral impressions, 

 in a very short longitudinal impression in the middle of 

 the base, and in a small median spot near the apex. 

 Scutellum invisible. Elytra ovate, jointly sinuate at the 

 base, the apex (which is just visible directly from above) 

 rather broadly rounded ; the punctures in the striae large 

 and subquadrate; the intervals not broader than the striae, 

 subcostate, and each with a row of low granules which are 

 much more prominent on the declivity on intervals 1, 3, 5, 7 ; 

 the scales small and subquadrate, the recumbent setoe on the 

 granules being hardly distinguishable from them. Leys 

 uniformly and fairly densely clothed with pale scaling ; the 

 femora unarmed ; the hind tibiye flattened internally near 

 the apex and there set with a number of erect brownish setae, 

 the corbel truncate almost transversely to the axis of the 

 tibia, its inner edge bearing a broad vertical truncate lamina. 

 Sternum, with the iutercoxal process of the mesosternum 

 tuberculate. Venter with the last visible ventrite ( ^ ) shal- 

 lowly impressed across its whole width in the apical half, 

 the basal area having a broad low rounded elevation on 

 each side. 



Lenyth 8-9 mm., breadth 3*6-4 mm. 



Cape Phovince : 2 S ^ • 



Closely related to E. atratus, Sparrm., but this species has 

 the prothorax much smoother and very finely punctate, with 

 faint scattered punctures and the lateral impressions almost 

 obsolete ; the rostrum is sulcate only on the anterior half, 

 and lacks the apical longitudinal carina; the forehead is 

 much more finely punctate and not longitudinally striolate ; 

 the eyes are larger, the length being equal to nearly two- 

 thirds the width of the forehead ; the intervals on the elytra 

 are almost bare and quite smooth on the disk, and interval 



