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with two common, slightly undulate, narrow, nigro-piceous fasciae 

 — one, at about the basal third, interrupted at the suture, the 

 other, beyond tho middle, not reaching the outer margin; closely, 

 finely, the elytra much more coarsely, punctate. Head large, 

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

 latter very large and somewhat narrowly separated; antennae 

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

 subequal, 5-10 slightly shorter, 11 ovate, stout, obliquely acuminate. 

 Prothorax transversely subquadrate, narrower than the head, 

 rather convex, feebly canaliculate down the middle posteriorly, 

 without definite foveae. Elytra wider than the head, rather short, 

 Bubparallel in their basal half, with a deep, oblique, intra-humeral 

 depression. Legs comparatively short and stout, the posterior 

 femora clavate, the basal joint of the posterior tarsi curved and 

 about half the length of the tibia. 

 Length 21 mm. (<J?) 



Hab. Queensland, Cairns (Ferguson). 



One specimen, in good condition. Not unlike X. 

 ceylonicus, Pic, but with a black head, and more coarsely 

 punctate, nigro-bifasciate elytra. There are also many 

 allied tropical American forms. 



79. Xylophilus fergusoni, n. sp. 



(J. Oblong, rather convex, shining, clothed with very fine, silky, 

 cinereous pubescence; black, the head (the eyes excepted), palpi, 

 joints 1-3 of the antennae, the prothorax, and legs rufo-testaceous 

 or testaceous; the head and prothorax sparsely, the elytra closely 

 and much more distinctly, punctate. Head broad, transverse; 

 eyes large, separated by about one-half their own width (as seen 

 from in front), and extending outwards beyond the very short 

 post-ocular portion of the head ; antennae long, not very slender, 

 joint 3 short, slightly longer than 2, 4-10 longer and thicker, obconic, 

 subequal in length, 11 stout, nearly as long as 9 and 10 united, 

 obliquely acuminate. Prothorax narrow, subquadrate, broader 

 than long, with two deep transverse impressions at the base and 

 an indication of a shallow transverse groove in front of this. 

 Elytra oblong, nearly twice as wide as the prothorax. subparallel 

 in their basal half, flattened on the disc and obliquely depressed 

 below the base, the sutural region tumid towards the apex. Legs 

 long, slender; anterior and intermediate tibiae feebly curved; 

 posterior tiliiae distinctly sinuate, rapidly widened outwards, 

 truncate at the apex, and closeh se1 with short hairs behind the 



