7iew Malachiid Beetles. 41 



black setae; pale testaceous, the basal portion of the head 

 tips of mandibles, eyes, a large subquadrate patch on the 

 disc of the prothorax, and a smaller patch on the sides of 

 tlie raeso- and metasternum black ; the elytra each with 

 a humeral patch extending inwards along the basal margin, 

 and two transversely placed, irregularly subquadrate spots 

 towards the a[)ex, nigro-cyaneous, the posterior tibia) slightly 

 infuscate befoi-e the tip ; the head and prothorax almost 

 smooth, the elytra finely punctured. Head narrower than 

 the prothorax ; antennae long, acutely serrate. Prothorax 

 transverse, rounded at the sides. Elytra broader than the 

 prothorax ; transversely excavate at the apex, the suture 

 bearing a very long, stout, abruptly angulate, pointed 

 appendage before the tip (fig. 5). Anterior tarsal joint 2 

 extending over 3 above, nigro-pectinate along the apical 

 margin. Posterior tibiiie sinuate within and also tumid on 

 the inner edge near the base. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. E. Africa, Kabete [H, E. Box: iii. 1922). 



Two cT c? . Near the W. African H. bicaudatus, Thorns. 

 ( = bizonatus, Ah.), the prothorax with a large subquadrate 

 black patch on the disc, the elytra each with three nigro- 

 cyaneous spots (one humeral, the others subapical), the 

 antennae much more sharply serrate in (^ . 



15 (a). Ebceus tetraspilotus, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, shining, finely pubescent ; black, the 

 antennal joints 1-4 (except 1 above), prothorax, and legs 

 (the posterior femora and tibise excepted) testaceous or 

 rufo-testaceous, the rest of the antennse slightly infuscate ; 

 the elytra bluish-black, with four sharply-defined oval 

 whitish spots — one on the suture below the base and 

 another near the tip, and one on each lateral margin before 

 the middle ; the head and prothorax almost smooth, the 

 elytra subrugulose, rather sparsely linely punctured. Head 

 narrower than the prothorax ; antennae rather slender, 

 moderately long, feebly serrate. Prothorax small, trans- 

 verse, convex, rounded at the sides. Elytra long, much 

 broader than the prothorax, somewhat rounded at the sides, 

 widest at about the middle. Posterior tibiae curved, simple 

 at the tip. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hab. E. Africa, Mogorr River {A. O.Luckman -. v. 1913). 



One ? . Near E. conjlutns, Champ., and E. consobnnus, 



