S89 



Head impunelaic. sliiniiig. pale fulvnus or tcslaceous, llie 

 frontal elevations strongly raiscd, clypcus (riangular. oonvex. palpi 

 incrassale at ilic pemiltiinate Joint, tlie antenuae robust, tlio basal 

 and tbe a))ical tliree Joints testaoeous, the othevs fuscous. Ilrsl 

 Joint, robust, eurved, second very sinali, monililbrm. tliird twicc 

 as long, tbe following joints still longer, tbe eigbtb subcylindrical, 

 very strongly widencd and elongate, tbe nintb soarcely longer 

 tlam tbe second Joint, tbe tentb long und llattened, tbe last niore 

 slender and elongate; tborax very sbort, nearly tbrce times broader 

 tban long, tbe sides straigbt, l'eebly narrowed at tbe base, tbe 

 diso transversely suleale inipunctale, elytra linely rugose, elotbed 

 \\itb tine wbitisb and ratber long pubcsccnce, legs slender, tlavous 

 like tbe under surl'aee, tbe tibiae and tarsi blackisb. 



Soekaranda. 



Tills small species agrees in all prineipal cbai'acters witb 

 tbe otber nienibers of tbe genus, bat tbe antennae arc difTerenth' 

 structnred; tbere is only a single male S])ecimen eontained in 

 tbis collection and not in a very good condition. but sui'tieient 

 to sbow tbe ditVei'ences IVoni tbe typical l'orms wbieb genei-allv 

 bave tbe tbird and lollowing Joints of tbe antennae greatly 

 developed and often furnisbed witb a spine; tbe present insect 

 resembles in si/,e X. basalis Jac. but diß'ers in its entirely pale 

 coloralion and tbe strueture of tbe antennae, tbis applies also to 

 A. paUida Jac. Avbicb is besides of Ihree times larger size; tbere 

 is a general appearance of all tbe species of Xenoda by whicb 

 tbey may be mostly reeoguized. tbat is tbe very sbort. trans- 

 verse and sulcate tborax. 



Xenoda spinicornis Baly. 

 I tbink. tbere is not mucb doubt, tbat Duvivier bas described 

 tbe female of tbis species as Theopea ]\'eyersi (Bull. Soc. Ent. 

 Belg. 1885); bis description at all events and especially the short, 

 transversa and sulcate tborax agrees entiiely witii Baly 's species. 

 1 know, moreover, of no true species of Theopea (0-omena) in 

 wbich tbe elytra are pubescent, 



Stcd. cnloiuül. Zeit. 18911. 



