172 Mr. H, W. Bates on Lon^tcorn 



Sphallenum robustum,^ n.sp. — Subcylindricum, piceo- 

 nigrum, elytris nigro-castaneis, femoribus (apice nigro 

 exceptis) rufis ; tuberis antenniferis intus cornutis ; an- 

 tennis basi robustis, pilosis, corpore longioribus ( c? ) , 

 thorace lateribus rotundatis, supra punctis grossissimis 

 plagiatim dispositis, spatio dorsali Isevij elytris subtiliter 

 coi'iaceis et punctulatis, apice utrinque asqualiter bispino- 

 sis; thorace infra grosse scabroso. 



Long. 1 unc. 9 lin. (J . 



Similar to S. puncticoUe (Bates) but stouter, elytra of 

 a much darker castaneous colour, and thorax not tomen- 

 tose. 



One example, in Mr. Belt's collection. 



Xestia pilosovittata, n. sp. — Magna, fusco-castanea, 

 fulvo-griseo pubescens; capite grosse scabroso, linea 

 elevata lasvi, verticis usque ad occipitem extensa ; thorace 

 grossissime punctato-scabroso, plagis quinque discoidali- 

 bus Iffivibus, tuberculo utrinque laterali ; elytris utrinque 

 vittis quinque ochraceo-griseo-pilosis, quarum una sutu- 

 rali, duabus discalibus ante apicem conjunctis, alteris 

 duabus lateralibus ; apice utrinque fortiter bispinosis ; 

 subtus pubescens, abdomine maculis lateralibus et spatio 

 median© nudis ; antennis pedibusque dense pubescen- 

 tibus. 



Long. 1 unc. 9 lin. 



The antennal joints are linear, as in the species allied 

 to X. elegans, and not serrate as in X. spinipennis and 

 allies. The sockets of the intermediate haunches are a 

 little open externally, and the species, so far, scarcely 

 accords with the definition of Xestia; but the tibiae desti- 

 tute of apical spines, and the general form, agree very 

 well with the genus. The dingy ochreous pubescence is 

 coarse and decumbent, and the stripes of the elytra are 

 each formed of two not well-limited lines. The femora 

 are unarmed at their apices. 



One example, in Mr. Belt's collection. 



Xestia nitida,n. sp. — X. spinipenni (Serv.) similis, differt 

 tegumento glaberrimo nitido ; capite nigro, collo con- 

 stricto, oculis magnis prominentibus, occipite transversim 

 punctato-rugoso; thorace nigro, brevi, transverse, lateri- 

 bus rotundatis, antice magis quaraposticeangustato, supra 



* Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 253. 



