562 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA. xili., 



of abdomen distinct across the middle, are aberrant features; the 

 sculpture of the prothorax is also peculiar. If it should eventu- 

 ally be considered necessary to refer it to a new genus, the next 

 species should probably also be associated with it. 



Xylophilus villosicornis, n.sp. 



(J. Of a dingy piceous-brown, appendages somewhat paler. 

 Clothed with short, ashen pubescence, but the antennse with 

 numerous, rather long hairs. 



Head transverse, shining, rather convex; with distinct punc- 

 tures; muzzle short. Eyes moderately large, lateral, prominent, 

 coarsely faceted, lightly notched, rather distant. Antenna? de- 

 cidedly long and thin, second joint small and subglobular, third 

 to tenth cylindrical, third slightly longer than fourth, fourth to 

 tenth subequal, eleventh distinctly longer than tenth and slightly 

 wider. Apical joint of palpi strongly securiform. Prothorax 

 rather small, lightly transverse, with a conspicuous, curved, 

 medio-basal, semidouble impression, and a small impression near 

 it on each side; a strong, transverse impression on each side near 

 apex, but not traceable to middle, with a very vague, median 

 line on apical half; punctures small, and moderately dense. Scu- 

 tellum small. Elytra long and feebly convex, much wider than 

 prothorax, basal third parallel-sided, and then very feebly dilated 

 to near apex, with a very vague swelling on each side near scu- 

 tellum; punctures dense and sharply defined, but not very large 

 near base, becoming smaller posteriorly. Metasternuin rather 

 elongate; with numerous, sharply defined punctures; a distinct, 

 medio-apical impression. Abdomen with second segment slightly 

 larger than first, the suture between them distinct across middle, 

 third and fourth segments small. Leys long and thin, their coxte 

 and tarsi as in the preceding species. Length, If mm. 

 Uah. — Tasm.: Mount Wellington (A. M. Lea). Unique. 



With the general appearance of some of the thinner specimens 

 of X. te7iuicornis, but prothoracic impressions, antennae, and 

 abdomen different. The head and abdomen are rather darker 

 than the other parts. 



