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apex rufescent, the palpi, tarsi, and anterior coxae testaceous, the 

 antennae picci his. with the apical joinl reddish; head and prothorax 

 densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctate; finely pubescent, 

 the minute hairs on the elytra] spots flavescent. Head compara- 

 tive!}' small, considerably developed on each side behind the eyes. 

 the latter moderately large, emarginate, and separated by about 

 their own width; antennae rather slender, joint 2 short, 3 longer 

 and narrower than 2, 4-10 subserrate, longer than broad, subequal, 

 4 larger than 3, 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax slightly broader 

 than long, narrow, quadrate, obliquely narrowed in front, trans- 

 versely grooved before the middle, and with an arcuate excavation 

 before the base. Elytra elongate, slightly narrowed anteriorly, at 

 the middle about twice as wide as the prothorax, transversely 

 depressed below the base. Legs [anterior pair missing] loner, the 

 tarsi slender; intermediate femora much widened towards the apex 

 beneath (appearing sinuous as seen from behind); posterior femora 

 moderately incrassate, and furnished with a dense, compressed 

 brush of fulvous hairs beneath, the brush extending from about 

 the basal third to near the tip; posterior tibiae slightly dilated on 

 the inner side beyond the middle, appearing sinuous within; basal 

 joint of posterior tarsi feebly curved. 

 Length .'». breadth 1 mm. 



Hab. India. Manipui (Doherty). 



One male, in bad condition and wanting the anterior 

 legs, but with such a remarkable brush to the posterior 

 femur that there can be no difficulty in identifying the 

 species. X. penicillatus is not unlike ^l. planipennis, 

 Motsch., <$, from Ceylon,* but it has a much narrower head 

 and prothorax, and differently tunned legs. 



2D. Xylophilus rufonotatus, n. sp. 



$. Elongate-oval, robust, opaque (till denuded); rrigro-piceous, 



the mouth-parts, the antennae with joints 1. 2, and II. and the 

 elytra with an elongate-triangular patch on the outer part of the 

 disc below the base (extending forward to the humeri) and a large, 

 indeterminate, oblong Space towards the apex (visible only in certain 

 lights), rufous or obscure ferruginous, the palpi, knees, and tarsi 

 testaceous; the entire upper surface densely, minutely punctate, 



thickly clothed with very line ashy pubescence, the elytra with a 

 common, broad, brown median fascia. Head short, the eyes con- 

 vex, very large, occupying the whole of the sides of the head, emargi- 

 nate, well separated ; antennae moderately long, very stout, becoming 



* Cf. Ann. and Mag. Nat. II i, p. 217. 



