New or little-known XylophiUdae. 61 



moderately long, rather convex, subparallel. Legs long, the posterior 

 femora strongly clavate. 



$. Prothorax and under surface rufescent; antennae normal, 

 rather stout, moderately long, joint 2 short, 3 much longer than 2, 

 3—10 gradually decreasing in length, 11 stouter, acuminate-ovate, 

 1, 2 and 11 infuscate; eyes much smaller, well separated; elytra 

 broader than the head. 



Length 2-2J, breadth f-1 mm. (q $.) 



Hab. Trinidad (6'. E. Bryant : ii. 1903). 



One pair, treated as a var. of X. breviramus, Ch., from 

 Chiriqui. but differing in various respects from that insect : 

 the antennal rami of the <$ are much longer, as long as in 

 the same sex of X. trifasciatus, and one only of the apical 

 joints is infuscate in 9; the elytra are relatively narrower 

 (not wider than the head in J), parallel-sided, and less 

 coarsely punctate; and the posterior femora are not so 

 stunt . 



Antillean Species. 



76. Xylophilus halticoides, n. sp. 



Oblong, broad, robust, shining (when denuded); head, prothorax, 

 and posterior femora nigro-piceous or piceous, the elytra reddish- 

 brown, paler at the base, with a broad indeterminate darker space 

 on each side, the antennae (the basal joint in part excepted) and 

 palpi, the rest of the legs, and the under surface in great part, fer- 

 ruginous or ruf o-testaceous ; densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, 

 punctate, clothed with line adpresscd pubescence. Head short, 

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

 very large, deeply emarginate, and somewhat narrowly separated; 

 antennae moderately long, stout, joints 2 and 3 very small, equal 

 in length, 4—10 gradually decreasing in length, 4 twice as long as 3, 

 8-10 transverse, 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax aboul as wide as 

 the head, strongly transverse, sub quadrate, abruptly narrowed in 

 front, the anterior angles rather prominent, the disc unimpressed. 

 P^lytra broad, oblong, somewhat rounded at the sides, feebly, trans- 

 versely depressed below the base. Legs rather short, comparatively 

 stout; posterior femora very stout, strongly clavate, annate in 

 front; posterior tibiae and basal joint of posterior tarsi straight. 



Length 2, breadth 1 mm. (J?) 



Huh. Antilles, Grenada, .Mount Gay Instate, Leeward 

 side(#. H. Smith). 



One specimen, omitted from my 1896 list. A rather 



