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Head minutely punctured, clothed with flavous pubescence; 

 clypeus slightly emarginate in front; labrum ttavous; eyes 

 scarcely sinuate ; antennae slender, basal five joints flavous, rest 

 fuscous, third joint half as long as the fourth, terminal two 

 slightly shorter than the preceding joints. Thorax half as broad 

 again as long, sides strongly widened, surface obsoletely depressed. 

 Elytral puncturation scarcely perceptible, surface clothed with fine 

 yellow pubescence. 



Length 3| mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Smaller than A", flavopilosm, of different colour, pubescence 

 much shorter and stouter, antennae with the joints of different 

 lengths. 



724. Xanthophorus nigripennis, Jac. (Xanthonia) Mem. Soc. Ent. 



efy. vii, 1900, p. 100. 



Head, basal joints of antennae, thorax and legs fulvous ; elytra 

 and body beneath black. 



Head very strongly and closely punctured, shining, a slightly 

 raised narrow central ridge on the vertex; clypeus similarly 

 punctured, transverse, anterior border emarginate in the middle, 

 sides acutely carinate ; antennas black, rather short and stout, 

 basal three joints fulvous, third and following two joints equal, 

 terminal joints shorter and thicker. Thorax half as broad again 

 as long, sides scarcely widened at the middle ; surface shining, 

 obsoletely sulcate below the middle, finely and subremotely punc- 

 tured and very sparingly pubescent. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 

 with basal portion slightly raised, finely rugosely punctured, 

 clothed with fine grey pubescence. 



Length 3|-5 mm. 



Hob. Bengal : Mandar. 



Most nearly allied to X. balyi, Jac., and X. carinatus, Jac., but 

 distinguished from both by the short and thick terminal joints of 

 the antennae ; the head also is more closely punctured and the 

 elytra are black. 



725. Xanthophorus montanus, sp. n. 



Beneath black ; basal joints of antenna? and upper surface 

 fulvous, clothed with yellow pubescence. 



Head finely and rather closely punctured, sparingly pubescent; 

 anterior border of clypeus straight ; labrum piceous ; last joint of 

 palpi robust ; antennae black, extending to about middle of elytra, 

 basal four joints fulvous, third and fourth equal. Thorax not 

 broader than long, sides nearly straight, surface more finely and 

 closely punctured than the head, sides with a rather deep transverse 

 depression not extending to the middle. Scutellum twice as long 

 as broad. Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, sculptured 



