I02 COLEOPTERA 



together, the second shorter than third, eleventh longer than tenth, 

 ovate. 



Length, lo-io^ lines; breadth, i^. 



I found my three specimens at Parua. 



Xantholinus. 



Dahl.; Lacord. Hist, des Ins., Colcop., Tom. ii.,/. 68. 



Mentujn very short. Ligiila small, rounded and entire in front ; its 

 paraglossge longer than it, ciliate and acuminate. Palpi filiform ; the 

 joints of the labial gradually increasing ; the three last of the labial 

 almost equal, the apical sub-acuminate. The inner lobe of the maxillcB 

 shorter than the external, coriaceous, ciliated inwardly ; the external 

 corneous, ciliated at the extremity. Mandibles rather short, falciform, 

 dentate inwardly at the middle, with a membraneous appendage, and 

 fringed at their base. Labrum transversal, strongly sinuated in front, 

 horny, with its lateral margins membraneous. Head more or less elon- 

 gated, rather quadrate, rounded at the angles, and attached to the 

 thorax by means of a rather slender neck. Eyes small, rounded, 

 situated near the front. Antennce rather short, bent, rather robust ; 

 their basal joint moderately long, second and third obconical, joints 

 four to ten short, pubescent, eleventh almost acuminate. Prothorax 

 elongate, often somewhat narrowed posteriorly, rounded at the base, its 

 anterior angles, in general, a little prominent. Elytra truncated behind ; 

 their suture imbricated. Abdomen linear. Legs short, the intermediate 

 very distant ; tibice spinous, the anterior somewhat thickened ; tarsi 

 simple, with five joints, the two basal sub-equal. 



Body elongate, linear, often rather depressed, generally smooth and 

 winged. 



1 88. X. Sharpi, n.s. Shining black; with red legs, having yellow 

 pubescence ; antennae infuscate. 



Head oblong, about as large as the prothorax, its front edge deeply 

 bisinuate ; its anterior portion so sculptured as to appear covered with 

 coarse elongate impressions, the sides and back part smooth, but bearing 

 three obvious punctures between each eye and the base, two of similar 

 size behind with an equal number of smaller ones between them, and a 

 few other small punctures distributed over the surface. Prothorax sub- 

 truncate at the base, slightly convex, oblong, narrowed posteriorly, and 

 somewhat incurved laterally at the middle ; its surface is nearly smooth, 

 having only two rows of three or four punctures and four or five others 

 behind the anterior angles, with a few longish hairs on the sides. 

 Scutelliim large, triangular, impunctate. Elytra about as large as the 

 prothorax, slightly narrowed in front, each slightly rounded at the extre- 

 mity ; they are more or less punctate, but the sculpture is shallow and 

 ill-defined, though occasionally the punctures are almost arranged in 

 rows ; there are a few short yellow hairs above, and their sides and 

 apices are almost ciliated. Abdomen elongate, blackish, the two apical 



