192 CUKCULIONID.^. 



K€]i to the Species. 



1 (6) Joint 1 of the fnnicle evidently longer 



than 2, the scape not reaching the 

 posterior margin of the eye ; elytra 

 -without prominences on the declivity. 



2 (5) Head plane ; prothorax coarsely granu- 



late ; apices of elytra without tufts 

 of hairs. 



3 (4) Prothorax broadest behind the middle, 



apex narrower than the base ; elytra 



flattened on the disk ; length .5^ mm. peregrnws, Fst., p. 192. 



4 (3) Prothorax broadest at the middle, apex 



not narrower than the base ; elytra 



convex ; length 3 mm ^;/-of//'o??n<s, Fst., p. 192. 



5 (2) Head convex ; prothorax with very 



small close flattened granules, each 

 covered by a single scale ; elytra each 

 with a short tuft of hairs at the apex. ^;mja7/«f?«, sp. u., p. 193, 



6 (1) The two basal joints of the funicle 



equal, the scape reaching the posterior 

 margin of the eye ; elytra with low 

 prominences at the top of the decli- 

 vity on intervals 3 and 5 siriyifrons, Fst., p. 194. 



]61. Xylinophorus peregrinus, Fst. 



Xylinophonis peregrinus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 346. 



Colour black, with dense blackish-lDi'owii scaling. 



Head flattened, with close rugose granulation, the rostral furrow 

 continued on to the anterior part of the forehead. Rostrum 

 narrowed from the base to the middle, flattened above, rugulose 

 and with a short deep furrow. Prothorax transverse, the apical 

 margin oblique, truncate laterally, the sides strongly rounded, 

 broadest behind the middle, the apex narrower than the base, 

 with minute close granulation interspersed Avith larger subde- 

 pressed granules and short pale setae. Elytra rather broadly 

 ampliated at the base, the sides subparallel in the middle, the 

 iipper surface depressed, deeply punctato-striate, the punctures 

 larger but partly hidden by the scaling, the intervals somewhat 

 narrow and subcostate, with roMS of short curved pale setae. 



Length, 5| mm. ; breadth, 3 mm, 



Puis^jAB : Dalhousie (C. Somers Smith).] 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



162. Xylinophoriis prodromus, Fst. 



Xylinophorus p)rodromus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1885, p. 177. 



Colour piceons, with grey scaling and vague brown markings. 



Head finely rugose and flattened, the rostral furrow continued 

 on to the anterior part of the forehead, which is slightly elevated 

 above the eyes, liostrum as in peregrinus, Fst., and with dense 



