52 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



at the apex in front (appearing subangularly inflated on the anterior 

 aspect) ; basal joint of posterior tarsi curved. 

 Length 2, breadth f mm. 



Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (ex coll. Pascoe). 



One male. Recognisable by the dark head, prothorax, 

 and basal joint of the antennae, the testaceous, nigro- 

 trimaculate elytra, and the peculiarly formed posterior 

 femora of the male, the insect in this respect approaching 

 X. 4rsignatus, Ch., from Chiriqui. 



63. Xylophilus suturifer. 



Xylophilus (Zonantes) cinctipennis, Champ., var. ? suturifer, 



Pic, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlii, pp. 2G2, 266 (1898). 

 Htjlopliilus suturifer, Pic, Cat. Hyloph. p. 18 (1910). 



$. Moderately elongate, rather broad, very shining, finely pubes- 

 cent; head, basal joint of antennae, prothorax, under surface, and 

 posterior femora (except at the base), nigro-piceous, the rest of the 

 antennae and legs, and the palpi, testaceous ; elytra testaceous, with 

 a common triangular scutellar patch, two oblong, transversely 

 placed, subconfluent patches on the outer part of the disc (the 

 marginal one a little longer than the other), the suture towards the 

 apex, and the apical margin narrowly, nigro-piceous ; closely, finely, 

 the elytra more coarsely, punctate. 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 

 rather stout, moderately long, joint 3 a little longer than 2, 4-10 

 stouter, very gradually decreasing in length, 10 transverse, 11 

 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax broader than long, subquadrate, much 

 narrower than the head, transversely grooved across the middle. 

 Elytra long, rather broad, narrowing from about the middle, trans- 

 versely depressed below the base, and with an oblique infra-humeral 

 depression. Legs long, rather stout; posterior femora stout, 

 clavate; basal joint of posterior tarsi curved. 



Length 2f, breadth l^o mm. 



Hab. Brazil (ex coll. Bowring), Boa Sorta [types]. 



One specimen, apparently referable to X. suturifer, Pic. 

 This insect is so closely related to X. triguttatus, from Rio 

 de Janeiro, the <$ only of which is known, that I at first 

 treated it as a variety of the £ of that species; it has, 

 however, much more elongate elytra, and the dark mark- 

 ings at the middle of the disc are in the form of two oblong, 



