552 XEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN' COLEOPTERA, xiii., 



sharply defined, and very little larger than on head. Elytra 

 much wider than prothorax, parallel-sided from shoulders to near 

 apex, with a feeble swelling on each near scutellum: punctures 

 dense, sharply defined and of moderate size near base, becoming 

 much smaller posteriorly. Leys rather long; front trochanters 

 acutely spined; hind-femora stout; frtmt tibiae bisinuate on lower 

 surface, and dentate at tip: hind pair not much thicker than 

 middle ones. Length, 2 J mm. 



//rt6.- N.8.W.: WoUongong (A. M. Lea). Unique. 



Structurally close to X. abnormis, but elytra entirely dark, 

 except for a spot about the size of an eye on each shoulder. The 

 distance between the eyes at their nearest point is about equal 

 to the thickness of the basal antennal joint. 'J'he basal joint of 

 the hind-tarsi is rather more strongly curved than usual; the 

 armature of the front trochanters is much as in many FseJapliidia. 



Xylophilus opacicollis, n.sp. 



Black ; prothorax, palpi, four front legs, and hind-knees 

 fiavous, head of a dingy flavous with the base infuscated, three 

 basal joints of antennae obscurely testaceous, the others darker. 

 Rather densely clothed with very short, pale pubescen(;e. 



Head moderately convex; with dense, partially concealed 

 punctures. E^^es large, lightly notched in front, separated for 

 about the length of two basal joints of antennae. Antennae 

 moderately long, second joint short and subglobular, third 

 thinnest of all and slightly longer than first, fourth to tenth very 

 feebly decreasing in length, and very feebly increasing in width, 

 eleventh distinctly wider than tenth, and almost as long as ninth 

 and tenth combined. Apical joint of palpi very large and 

 strongly securiform, l^rothorax about as long as wide, moder- 

 ately convex, nowhere shining, sides very feebly dilated from 

 base to near apex, with a vague depression on each side of middle 

 of base, and a still more feeble one on each side, with vague 

 remnants of a median, transverse impression and a median line; 

 punctures much as on head. Elytra long, thin, and parallel- 

 sided to near apex, basal swellings extremely feeble; with dense 

 and sharply defined punctures of moderate size about base, 



