XANTHOPHOBUS. 4,07 



719. Xanthophorus laevicollis, sp. n. 



Black, finely pubescent; basal joints of antennae and legs 

 fulvous. 



Head not perceptibly punctured, finely pubescent ; clypeus 

 rather narrow, sides carinate, surface wiih a few punctures, 

 anterior portion narrowly fulvous ; antennae extending beyond 

 middle of elytra, basal three joints fulvous, rest black, third and 

 fourth equal, terminal joints elongate. Thorax subquadrate, sides 

 not widened, surface transversely sulcate at the middle, suleus 

 interrupted in the centre, disc entirely im punctate, sparingly 

 pubescent. Elytra narrowly parallel-sided, very finely and closely 

 punctured, pubescence silvery. 



Length 3 mm. 



Sab. Southern India : Trichinopoly (Coll. Jacob;/). 



This cannot be considered a variety of X. nigricollis, since the 

 thorax has a distinct broad suleus and shows no trace of punc- 

 tures, even when seen under the strongest lens ; the entirely 

 black colour of the upper and under sides also distinguishes 

 this species. I only know of a single specimen, but it is 

 possible that a specimen of larger size and fulvous colour from 

 the same locality, which is contained in the Museum at Brussels, 

 represents the female of the present species ; in this specimen the 

 antennae are shorter and the thorax shows some traces of 

 pu nctures. 



720. Xanthophorus fuscipennis, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; upper surface with fine yellowish pubescence ; antennae 

 (basal joints excepted), tibiae and tarsi black ; elytra fuscous 

 or flavous, with a lateral fuscous stripe. 



Head broad, scarcely perceptibly punctured, shining, vertex 

 rather convex ; base of clypeus with some deep punctures, anterior 

 margin nearly straight ; palpi slender, flavous ; antennae extending 

 beyond middle of elytra, basal three or four joints flavous, rest 

 black, third joint half the length of the fourth, terminal joints 

 filiform. Thorax half as broad again as long, sides rounded and 

 widened at the middle, surface with shallow transverse suleus at 

 the sides, punctured like the head, clothed with very fine silky 

 yellowish pubescence. Elytra wider at the base than the thorax, 

 similarly punctured and pubescent, but the pubescence thicker, the 

 base and a lateral stripe more or less fuscous. 



Var. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 35 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Coll. Jacoby). 



A very variable species in colour and size ; in some specimens 

 the antennae, elytra and legs are entirely fulvous, but there are 

 no structural characters to separate these ; the clypeus is sonic 

 times more closely punctured, but always more strongly so 

 than in X. flavopilosus, and the third joint of the antennae is 



