New or little-known XylophiUdae. 49 



femora and apex of the posterior tibiae excepted) paler, the eyes 

 black, the antennae (the third joint excepted), the suture and the 

 infiexed lateral portion of the elytra to about the middle, and the 

 under surface in part, piceous; densely, finely, the elytra more 

 coarsely, punctate. Head (with the la brum) about as long as broad, 

 convex, mucb developed behind the eyes, the latter small, promi- 

 nent, transverse, emarginate; antennae moderately long, joint 3 

 very small, shorter than 2, 4-8 [9-11 broken off] rather stout, about 

 as long as broad. Prothorax narrow, nearly as long as broad, 

 abruptly narrowed in front, with a deep transverse depression before 

 the base. Elytra convex, oblong, somewhat narrowed anterior!} 7 , 

 at the middle nearly twice as wide as the head, transversely depressed 

 below the base. Legs long, rather slender; posterior femora 

 moderately incrassate ; posterior tibiae somewhat thickened; basal 

 joint of posterior tarsi curved. 



Length 2 1 1 -, breadth (elytra) <fo mm. (<^?) 



Hob. S. Africa, Malvern, Natal {G. A. K. Marshall). 



One specimen, captured in June 1897. Recognisable 

 by the rather elongate head, small eyes, narrow prothorax, 

 minute third antennal joint, comparatively broad, convex, 

 oblong elytra, and long legs. Amongst the numerous 

 species here described, X. macrocephalus seems to come 

 nearest to X. parvicollis, Ch., from Assam. It bears no 

 relationship to X.femoratus, Fairm., from Port Elizabeth. 



59. Xylophilus ovalis, n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 26.) 



Oblong-oval, convex, subopaque (till denuded) ; rufo-testaceous, 

 the eyes black, clothed with a very fine sericeous pubescence; tin- 

 entire upper surface densely, minutely punctate. Head short, broad, 

 obliquely narrowed anteriorly (subtriangular as seen from above), 

 very narrowly extended on each side behind the eyes, the latter 

 small, transverse, entire; antennae inserted at some distance before 

 the eyes, short, rather stout, widening outwards, joints 2 and 3 

 subequal in length, 4 a little shorter than 3, 5-10 gradually becoming 

 shorter and wider, 5 and 6 about as long as broad, 7-10 transverse, 

 11 ovate, obliquely acuminate; apical joint of maxillary palpi 

 subsecuriform, somewhat rounded at the inner angle. Prothorax 

 large, strongly transverse, trapezoidal, at the prominent anterior 

 angles a little wider than the head w ith the eyes, almost unimpressed. 

 Elytra broad, oval, moderately long, slightly Battened at the base. 

 Legs rather short, slender, the posterior femora very little stouter 

 than the others. 



Length 2. breadth 1 mm. | 



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