344 HETEROMERA — PEDILIDAE, 



Dusky brown ; obscure, clothed with a fine villose down ; 

 beneath darl^er and more glossy ; thorax short, semicircular ; 

 elytra finely punctulated ; legs pale brown, tibiae and 

 tarsi dull red. L. If 1. Rare. S. fuse a, Latr. 



JB. Thorax with basal depressions. 



Pitch-black or brown ; base of antennae and legs 

 brownish-yellow ; pubescence fine, golden-yellow. Punc- 

 tuation close and fine ; thorax almost semicircular, with a 

 small depression on each side of base. L. 1^ 1. Eare. 



*S'. fuscula, Mull. 



Xylophilus, 



A, Third joint of antennae scarcely as long as second. 



Eeddish-yellow-brown ; with very fine, silky, whitish- 

 gray pubescence, a spot at scutellum and a band behind 

 middle of each elytron bare. Thorax generally with a 

 curved impression before base ; punctuation fine. L. f — 

 1 1. Not uncommon. X. populneus. Fab. 



JB, Third joint of antennae distinctly longer than second. 



a. Eyes scarcely emarginate, placed at some distance 

 from basal margin of head. 



Eeddish-yellow ; elytra, meso- and metasternum and 

 abdomen slate-coloured, former with shoulders and hinder 

 portion reddish-yellow. Thorax scarcely as long as broad, 

 with a transverse impression before base (often reduced to 

 two depressions) ; punctuation fine. L. | — 1 1. Eare. 



X. neglectus, Duv. 



&. Eyes distinctly emarginate, reaching to basal margin 

 of head. 



Head and thorax black, latter sometimes paler ; elytra, 

 antennae and legs reddish-yellow ; under-side black or 

 brown, more or less yellowish in parts. Thorax broader 

 than long, with a transverse furrow (sometimes indistinct) 

 before base ; punctuation distinct. L. | — 1 1. Not 

 uncommon. X. pygmaeus, De G. 



ANTHlCinAE. 



A. Thorax with a horn in front. 



Head oblong ; last joint of maxillary palpi hatchet- 



