On Jpidte and Platypodia /rom India and Burma. 443 



segment in front of that which bears the anal legs, but the 

 dorsal shields do not run completely across the body till a 

 point three segments before this, and each of these segments 

 bears two stigmata on the dors ally-turned pleural surfaces. 



The specimen was slightly damaged before it reached me, 

 and was not in good condition for dissection, but the main 

 points with regard to the internal organs could be made out. 

 The mid-gut splits a short distance in front of the division, 

 one branch running into each half of the body. Behind the 

 split each branch is slightly convoluted, and then continues 

 straight. A pair of Malpighian tubes mark the division 

 between mid- and hind-gut in the right branch, but they are 

 absent in the left. On the other hand, though both branches 

 have externally the appearance of belonging to a female, the 

 internal sexual organs are present only in the left branch, 

 and are wanting in the right. The nerve-cord sends a branch 

 into each half of the body, the ganglion where the division 

 takes place being more than twice as large as the others of 

 the ventral chain. 



LIV. — Some hitherto-undescribed Ipida3 and Platypodidse 

 from India and Burma. By Lt.-Col. WlNN SAMPSON, 



F.E.S. 



Xyleborus velaius, sp. n. 



Ferrugineo-brunneus, compactus, prothorace subquadrato, rugis 

 transversis exasperato, postice sparsim subtiliter punctato ; 

 elytris longitudinaliter pulvinato-convexis, striato-punctatis, 

 intorstitiis postice uniseriatim piliferis punctulatia, declivitate 

 tuberculis ornata, margine apicali subtilissinie carinato. 



Long. 2*6 mm. 



Loc. Tharrawaddy, L. Burma (E. P. Stealing). 



Reddish brown ; front subconvex with the anterior half 

 unevenly and coarsely punctured, except the centre over the 

 mouth, which is smooth and shiny as in X. forntcatus, the 

 posterior portion finely shagreened ; pro thorax very nearly 

 as broad as long, with the sides narrowed slightly anteriorly 

 before the middle, the anterior edge almost straight, the 

 anterior and posterior angles obtusely rounded, the upper 

 surface moderately convex, the disc being transversely 

 elevated, the anterior part very coarsely transversely rough 

 and having a few interspersed hairs, posteriorly very shiny 



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