2 [January, 



extremely large and emarginate ; antennae moderately long, not very stout, 

 joints 4-10 slightly decreasing in length, 10 sub-transverse, 11 stovit, acvmiinate- 

 ovate. Prothorax much narro^ver than the head, transversely sub-quadrate, 

 narrowed anteriorly, without definite foveae. Elytra rather long and broad, 

 wider than the head, sub-parallel in their basal half, with a long, deep, oblique 

 depression on the disc anteriorly, the groove extending forwards between the 

 two basal spots, the inner one appearing to be placed upon an elongate callosity. 

 Legs long [posterior pair wanting]. Length 3 mm. ( ? F). 



Rob. : New South Wales, lUawarra {H. J. Carter). 



One specimen, labelled as not represented in Mr. A. M. Lea's 

 collection. Eeadily distinguishable by the sharply defined, peculiar 

 elytral markings. The posterior legs (wanting in the type) may be 

 armed in some way in the male ; but beyond the simply clavate femur, 

 they exhibit nothing unusual in the same sex of the allied X. ahnormis 

 King (= major Pic). 



2. — Xylophil'us flavescens, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, shining, testaceous, the eyes black, clothed with 

 short pallid hairs, closely, finely, the elytra more coarsely punctate. Head 

 broad, transversely sub-quadrate, well-developed behind the eyes, the latter 

 deeply emarginate, large, and separated by about half their own width (as seen 

 from above) in ^ , smaller and more distant in ? ; antennae (^ ) rather long, 

 stout, joints 3-10 subequal in length, as long as broad, 11 obliquely acuminate, 

 (?) much shorter and less thickened, joints 8-10 transverse. Prothorax 

 transversely sub-qiiadrate, convex, xmimpressed on the disc, narrower than the 

 head. Elytra wider than the head, moderately long, gradiially narrowing from 

 a little below the base in the g , sub-parallel in their basal half in ? , obliquely 

 depressed on the disc anteriorly in S > obsoletely so in $ . Legs ( <? ) rather 

 stout, long, anterior tibiae slightly curved, posterior femora thickened, arcuate, 

 broadly sulcate and set with short hairs along their entire length beneath, 

 posterior tibiae widened from about the middle to the apex, appearing 

 sinuoiis within, basal joint of posterior tai-si feebly ciirved ; (?) shorter, the 

 posterior femora and tibiae simple. 



Hah.: New South Wales, Sydney {H.J. Carter). 



One male and two females. An oblong, testaceous, rather coarsely 

 punctate, shining insect, with stout antennae, an unimpressed pro- 

 thorax, and a broad pubescent pad along the entire length of the 

 posterior femora beneath in the male. Near X. nigronotatns Pic, from 

 Ceylon, the elytra a little longer and immaculate, the head more 

 developed behind the eyes, the posterior legs of the (^ niore elongate, 

 with the femora less clavate and the tibiae widened within. The 

 Australian forms included under Syzeton by Blackburn and Lea ai'e 

 allied insects; but there is nothing to distinguish them generically 



