new Malachiid Beetles. 39 



Philhedonus, Gorh. 



5 {a), Philhedonus bifossulatuSj sp. n. 



? . Moderately elongate, rather broad, shining^ finely 

 cinereo-pubescent ; nigro-cyaneous or bluish-green, the an- 

 terior portion of the head, palpi, antennae, prothorax (a large, 

 scutiform, metallic patch on the anterior part of the disc 

 excepted), a broad median fascia on the elytra (not quite 

 reaching the suture or outer margin) and a transversely- 

 triangular patch at their apex, and the anterior legs (the 

 femora in part excepted), rufo-testaceous or testaceous, the 

 rest of the head and legs and the scutellum black ; the head 

 and prothorax very sparsely, minutely, the elytra more 

 closely, subrugulosely punctulate. Head short, narrower 

 than the prothorax, bi-impressed between the eyes and with 

 a smooth deep transverse fovea on each side adjacent to 

 them posteriorly ; antennae not very slender, long, joints 

 3-10 elongate and each slightly widened towards the tip. 

 Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the sides, narrowly 

 margined, obliquely narrowed behind, the anterior margin 

 subangulate in the middle. Elytra a little broader than the 

 prothorax, widening to near the apex, strongly depressed 

 below the base. 



Length 3-3^ mm. 



Hab. S.Africa, Willowmore [type] (Dr. Brauns, in Mus. 

 Cape Town), Garies [xi. 1885] (e<r Mus. Cape Toivn). 



Two ? ? : the type in perfect condition, the other dis- 

 coloured. In the absence of the c? , the generic position of 

 tliis insect is uncertain ; but, to judge from the deep juxta- 

 ocular foveee, the species may be related to P.fossuUfer, Pic 

 (type (^),the ? of which is unknown tome. The antennae, 

 wliich might be described as subhliform, are slightly infus- 

 eate towards the apex. 



Eb.^us, Er. 



Numerous representatives of this genus have been found 

 in the British Museum " accessions, '■ including four new 

 species and additional examples of others hitherto unique 

 or known from one sex only. The latter include E. rubri- 

 caius (No. 3), ? , which has the apical margin of the elytra 

 smooth and callose, as in same sex of E. martini (No. 4) ; 

 E. crassicauda (No. 9), a J" from the Upper Buzi River, 

 Port. E. Africa, with the elytral markings disconnected on 

 the disc; E. albopartitus (No. 18), a S from the Usangu 



