THE 



ENTOMOLOGIST'S 

 MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



SECOND SERIES-VOL. XXIII. 



[VOT^ME XL VIII]. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF XANTHOLINUS 

 (Sub-Gen. VULDA) FROM TURKEY. 



BY MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. 



Xantholikus ottomanus, n. sp. 



Head much longer than broad, black, shining, with sides parallel; ej'es 

 moderately large, distinctly projecting beyond the level of the sides ; forehead 

 impressed with two short, shallow, parallel furrows placed close together, not 

 meeting the oblique impression, which starting near anterior margin of the 

 eye, runs backwards and inwards and ends in a seta-bearing pore ; punctiu-ation 

 moderately fine and scattered, closer at the sides, with fine and still more 

 sparing piinctvires between the larger ones ; pubescence yellow, very slight ; 

 lateral margins with one or two setse ; posterior angles rounded. 



Antennae long, red, 1st joint about as long as the three following together, 

 2nd and 3rd of about equal length, 4th quadrate, oth to 10th transverse. 

 Thorax much longer than broad, narrower than head and elytra, sides almost 

 parallel behind the anterior angles, which, like the posterior, are obtuse; black 

 and shining, narrowly reddish at posterior margin ; puncturation double, con- 

 sisting of — (1) a row of 8 or 9punctiu-es on either side of disc, and irregular and 

 sparing punctures at sides ; (2) a much finer and sparing puncturation over the 

 whole siu'face, including tlie space between the dorsal rows ; sides furnished 

 with two long setie — one before and one beliind the anterior angles. 



Elytra rather longer than thorax, sliovxlders strongly rounded and slightly 

 widened behind ; sliining, yellowish red ; with irregular rather sparing and 

 shallow puncturation and scanty yellowish pubescence. 



Abdomen black, sliining, sparingly punctured and puliescent, the apex and 

 liinder margins of the segments reddisli ; the seventh segment (oth free) 

 furnished at the posterior margin witli a narrow white membrane, the last 

 slightly emarginatei. Legs red, slender, the middle tarsi as long as the tibise, 

 the posterior pair nearly as long. Length, 7 mm. 



NTJABT, 1912. 



