XTLOTRECHUS. 



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t\iargin of the eyes. Protborax ovate-cylindrical, almost as wide 

 in the middle as' the base of the elytra. Hind femora extend a 

 little past the apex of the elytra in the $ . xlntenuic balf as long 

 as the body in the $ ; third joint subequal in length with the first, 

 longer than the fourth or fifth. 



Length 10; hreadth 2| mm. 



Ifab. Burma: Kuby Mines district (7)o7u'v-;;/). 



II. Eijes smaller ; face not contracted in the middle. 



A. Sides of face nearly ixtrcdlel ; the carince straight. 



276. Xylotreclms qiiadripes, CJievr. Mem. Soc. R. Sei. de Liege, xviii, 

 p. :!15 (18G3) ; Dunnimj, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1868, p. 126 & tig. 



Black ; with a greyish or yellowish pubescence that covers the 

 greater part of the head and prothorax and forms bands on the 



elytra; disc of prothorax 

 with a rounded, sub- 

 asperate, black spot in 

 the middle and a smaller 

 black spot at each side ; 

 the elytral bands consist 

 of the following: (1) a 

 basal transverse band ; 

 (2) a short oblique band 

 that points to\vards the 

 shoulder in one direction 

 and towards the angle of 

 the next band in the 

 other ; (3) a band which 

 begins a little behind 

 thescutellum, runs close 

 by the suture for a short 

 distance, then diverges 

 from it posteriorly and 

 turns outwards to the side ; (4) a transverse or slightly oblique 

 band behind the middle which gradually widens towards the suture; 

 (5) an apical band with oblique front margin. Body beneath with 

 dense \\hite pubescence along the borders of the metasternum 

 and formed into a spot on each of the mesothoracic episterna, a 

 large spot on each of the metathoracic episterna, and a lateral 

 transverse spot on the posterior half of each of the first three 

 abdominal segments ; the fourth and fifth segments almost com- 

 pletely but less densely covered with greyish-white pubescence ; 

 legs black, the femora varying in colour from testaceous to black. 

 S . Face with a more or less distinct median carina, between 

 which and each of the lateral carina there is an elongated, very 

 finely rugulose, opaque black area with shghtly raised edges. 



Fig. 90.—A'i/lotrechus quadrtpcs, Cbevr. X 



