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present species, except that the latter has shorter antennae, 

 uniformly testaceous elytra, and shallow prothoracic 

 foveae. X. xenarthrus, Broun,* from Raurimu, must be a 

 nearly allied form; but (allowing for joints 3 and 4 of the 

 $ antenna having been wrongly counted as one joint) the 

 antennal structure by no means accords with that of the 

 present insect, two asymmetrical joints only being given 

 for the Raurimu insect. 



South African Species. 



57. Xylophilus albopilosus, n. sp. 



cJ. Moderately elongate, convex, shining; black, the palpi, the 

 apex of the terminal joint of the antennae, a large humeral patch 

 on each elytron, the tarsi and the extreme base of the tibiae, testa- 

 ceous; densely, finely, the elytra coarsely, punctate; clothed with 

 long, adpressed, cinereous hairs. Head short, broad, narrowly 

 extended on each side behind the eyes, the latter large, deeply 

 emarginate, and separated by about half their own width ; antennae 

 long, rather stout, joint 2 very short, 3-10 subequal, slightly longer 

 than broad, 11 nearly as long as 9 and 10 united, obliquely acuminate. 

 Pro thorax narrower than the head, transversely sub quadrate, 

 narrowed in front, obsoletely canaliculate towards the base. Elytra 

 moderately elongate, much wider than the head, gradually narrowed 

 from the base, rounded at the apex, with a deep, oblique intra- 

 humeral depression. Legs long, stout ; anterior tibiae slightly curved 

 inwards at the apex, and finely mucronate at the inner apical angle ; 

 posterior femora stout, clavate ; basal joint of posterior tarsi curved. 

 Length 2^, breadth ^ mm. 



Hab. S. Afeica, Malvern, Natal (G. A. K. Marshall). 



One male, captured in August 1897. A rather elongate, 

 convex, shining, black insect, with a large humeral patch 

 and the tarsi testaceous, the body clothed with long, 

 cinereous hairs. The system of coloration is common to 

 various other members of the genus. X. natalensis, Pic, 

 is a very different insect. There are various Eastern and 

 American species closely related to X. albopilosus. 



58. Xylophilus macroeephalus, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, rather convex, shining, sparsely, finely 

 pubescent; obscure testaceous, the legs (the infuscate posterior 



* Bull. New Zealand Institute, No. 1, p. 54 (August 30, 1910). 



