BY A. M. LEA. 561 



Xylophilus ixflatipennis, n.sp. 



Of a clingy piceous-brown, head and prothoi-ax almost black. 

 Moderately clothed with very short, ashen pubescence. 



Head transverse, rather convex, shining; with some distinct 

 punctures between eyes but sparse elsewhere; muzzle short. Eyes 

 rather large, lateral, prominent, coarsely faceted, scarcely notched, 

 rather distant. Antenna^ long and thin, second joint small and 

 subglobular, third to tenth equal and cylindrical, eleventh slightly 

 longer and wider than tenth. Apical joint of palpi securiform. 

 Frothorax rather small, slightly wider than long, base con- 

 siderably wider than apex, with a conspicuous, oblique, slightly 

 curved impression, commencing near middle of base, and ending 

 on each side near apex, a shallow median line on apical two- 

 thirds; punctures dense and somewhat irregular, but usually 

 sharply defined. ScatdliiY)i small. Elytra tiat, much w^der than 

 prothorax, considerably dilated to near apex, and then widely 

 rounded, with an extremely feeble swelling on each side of scu- 

 tellum; punctures dense, sharply defined, and of moderate size 

 near base, becoming smaller posteriorly. Metasternum shining, 

 with distinct punctures at base and sides, and wdth a conspicuous, 

 medio-apical impression. Abdomen with second segment slightly 

 longer than first, the suture between them distinct across middle. 

 Legs long and thin; front coxcVi touching, the others lightly 

 separated; penultimate joint of tarsi produced below^ claw-joint. 

 Length, '^\-'^h mm. 



y/«6.— Tasm.: Mount Wellington, Ulverstone (A. M. Lea). 



In general appearance, like a minute Triahosalpingas. The 

 oblique impression on each side of the pronotum is considerably 

 deeper in front than where the two join near the base (altliough 

 very conspicuous there); as a result, the apical portion ajjpears 

 to be rather strongly convex in the middle, and much deeper 

 than the basal portion. In the male, the antennae distinctly 

 pass the metasternum; in the female, they scarcely extend so far, 

 and the joints (especially after the fifth) are less cylindrical. 



The dilated elytra, and suture between the two basal segments 



