MELANDRYAD.E. PHLOIOTRYA XILITA. 35 



Genus CCCCXLVIl. — Phloiotrya miki. 

 Antennce short, a little thickened at the tip, the basal joint stout, three fol- 

 lowing rather slender, the second being short, and the fourth longer than 

 the third; the remainder somewhat obconic, with the terminal joint longest 

 and subacuminate. Palpi unequal; maxillary elongate, deflexed, divari- 

 cating, the basal joint slender, bent, the second longer, obconic, dilated 

 within, the third shortest, also obconic, with the apex produced on each side; 

 the terminal sublinear, with the apex slightly acuminated, and a groove 

 beneath: head rounded, deflexed: eyes oblong: thorax as broad as the elytra, 

 semiorbiculate anteriorly, with the base a little waved : body elongate, sub- 

 cylindric : legs short, slender : tibiae with short spurs at the apex ; tarsi with 

 the penultimate joint slightly bDobed. 



The short curved antennae of this genus, combined with the 

 elongate deflexed maxillary palpi, of which the terminal joint is 

 sublinear, elongate cylindric body, with the semiorbiculate anterior 

 edge of the thorax, witliout attending to other less evident characters, 

 distinguish it from the other genera of the family. As the type of 

 the genus Serropalpus (which is also the type of Dircaea Fabricius) 

 differs materially from this genus, and as the latter will not assimilate 

 with Xilita, or with any other of the kindred genera, it becomes neces- 

 sary to apply a new name thereto, as well as to the genus Dircsa of 

 my Catalogue; but from not being enabled to characterise the last 

 genus sufficiently, I have retained the Fabrician name thereto. 



Sp. 1. Plate xxiv. _/. 4. — Fusco-picea pubescens, crebre pundulato, anten- 



narum basi pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 4 — 6^ lin.) 

 Di. rufipes. Gyllenhal — Se. rufipes. Steph. Catal. 247. No. 2456. 



Pitchy-brown, slightly pubescent : head thickly punctured : mouth and palpi 

 rufo-testaceous ; thorax with the anterior margin rusty-testaceous, the disc 

 rugose-punctate, and an obsolete impressed line on each side at the base : 

 elytra thickly punctured, sometimes dull testaceous-brown: body beneath 

 rufo-piceous, or testaceous : legs entirely and antennae at the base testa- 

 ceous, apex of the latter fuscous. 



This rare insect has been several times taken in the New Forest, 

 from beneath the bark of oaks : it has also occurred in other parts. 

 " Windsor Forest."— ilfr. Westwood. " Tunbridge Wells." — 

 Mr. Pelerin. 



Genus CCCCXLVI II.— Xilita, PaykuU. 

 Antenna; short, curved, with the basal joint large, obconic, three following 

 slender, also obconic, six next rather stouter, compressed, with the apex 



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