XANTHOPHOBUS. 405 



male, shorter in the female, terminal joints not thickened, third 

 shorter than the fourth. Thorax transverse, widened at the middle, 

 surface with or without a shallow transverse sulcus. Elytra finely 

 granulate-punctate. Legs slender ; femora unarmed ; first joint 

 of tarsi as long as the following two united ; claws bifid. Pro- 

 sternum elongate, strongly narrowed and angulate at the middle ; 

 mesosternuin elongate, in shape similar to the prosternum. 



This genus is proposed for Xanthonia jlavopilosa, Jac., from 

 Ceylon and several other Indian species, which differ much in 

 character from typical Xanthonia ; the shape is much more elon- 

 gate, the thorax more transverse with transverse shallow sulcus at 

 the middle, and the elytral sculpture is quite different ; there are 

 also other minor differences. Allied also to Nephrella, but in that 

 genus the eyes are kidney-shaped and the thorax has no sulcus. 



715. Xanthophorus flavopilosus, Jac. (Xanthonia) P. Z. S. 1887, 

 p. 72. 



Pale fulvous ; clothed with yellow pubescence ; terminal joints 

 of antenna) sometimes dusky. 



Head extremely finely punctured, clothed with yellowish hairs ; 

 clypeus not separated from the face, anterior margin nearly straight ; 

 labrum flavous ; antennae nearly as long as the body in the male, 

 third and fourth joints nearly eq ual. Thorax half as broad again as 



Fig. 141 . Xanthophorus flawpiloxus. 



long, obsoletely transversely depressed near the base, sides strongly 

 rounded, surfa'ce granulately punctate, closely pubescent. Elytra 

 with similar sculpture, the whole upper surface clothed with fine 

 silken yellow pubescence. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Larger than X. lemoides, Walk., pubescence longer and thicker. 

 Neither in this species nor in that of Walker's does the thorax 

 show a distinct sulcus, but the eyes are ovate and entire, not 

 elongate and kidney-shaped. 



