XYLINOPHORUS. 193. 



erect seta?. ProfJiora.v transverse, the sides rounded, broadest at 

 the middle, rather sharplv constricted at both base and apex 

 which are of about equal width, the anterior margin produced 

 basally over the head so that it is very obliquely truncate when 

 seen from the side; rugosely granulate above and without any 

 central furrow. Eh/tra rather broadly ampliated at the base, the 

 sides slightly rounded, convex above,' shallowlv punctato-striate, 

 the intervals convex, even, and each with a row of short suberect 

 setae. 



Length, 3 mm.; breadth, 1| mm. 



Kashmir: Sirikol {StoliczJca). Turkestax (type). 



Ti/pe in the Dresden Museum. 



163. Xylinophonis penicillatus, sp. nov. 



Colour black-, with greyish-brown scaling, the sides of the pro- 

 thorax a little paler ; the elytra with a narrow transverse dark 

 baud just before the middle between stria? 1 and 4, and a much 

 broader one at the top of the declivity from the suture to stria 5 ; 

 these markings may be partly or entirely obliterated. 



Head convex, minutely granulate and"striolate, but the structure 

 concealed by the dense scaling, without anv central stria. Rostnmi 

 a little longer than broad, almost paral'lel-sided, shallowlv im- 

 pressed above, with a very short narrow central furrow and with 



Fig. 60. — Xylino2}horus pemcillafus, Msbl. 



short fine erect seta?. Antennce. with the scape reaching to about 

 the middle of the eye; the funicle with joint 1 much loiio-er than 

 2, 3-6 a little longer than broad, 7 slightly broader and sub- 

 quadrate. Protliorax about as long as broad, the sides moderatelv 

 rounded, broadest at the middle, with a narrow transverse con- 

 striction at both the base and apex, the latter being sli^'htly 

 narrower; the upper surface smooth, with minute close^flatt'eiied 

 granules, each of which is covered by a single scale. Ebitm 

 comparatively elongate, less broadly ampliated at the base, 

 the sides subparallel in the middle, subacuminate behind, the 

 apices each with a short tuft of pale hairs, depressed above, finely 



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