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vague median line and without distinct lateral impressions; 

 with dense and sharply-defined but rather small punctures. 

 Elytra much wider than prothorax, almost parallel-sided 

 from shoulders to near apex; with dense and sharply-defined 

 punctures throughout, smaller posteriorly than elsewhere, and 

 larger on a shallow oblique impression (commencing on each 

 elytron at the base, near the shoulder, and ending near the 

 middle at the basal fourth). Legs rather lone:; hind femora 

 dilated and almost twice as thick as the middle pair: front 

 tibiae lightly curved. Length, 2§ mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A. M. Lea). 

 Type (unique), I. 6170. 



The hind femora should be distinctive, so the type has 

 been described, even although its hind tibiae and abdomen 

 are missing. The elytral spots are somewhat obliquely placed 

 and subelliptic in shape ; the first commences at the base near 

 the shoulder and ends at the basal third, and the second is 

 almost median. The distance between the eyes at their 

 nearest point is slightly more than the thickness of the basal 

 antenna! joint. 



Xylophilus obliquifasctatus, n. sp. 



$ . Head black, prothorax and most of under-surface 

 reddish, elytra flavous with black and infuscate markings, 

 appendages flavous but hind femora partly infuscated. 

 Moderately clothed with whitish pubescence. 



Head with small and rather dense punctures. Eyes very 

 large and almost touching in front, lightly notched. 

 Antennae rather long, second joint subglobular, third sub- 

 cylindrical and slightly longer than wide, tenth feebly dilated 

 to apex and slightly transverse, the intervening joints very 

 gradually altering, eleventh slightly longer than ninth and 

 tenth combined, feebly dilated from base to middle, and then 

 narrowed to tip. Prothorax lightly transverse, almost parallel- 

 sided from base to near apex; with dense and sharply-defined 

 but rather small punctures. Elytra much wider than pro- 

 thorax, parallel-sided from shoulders to near apex, with a 

 shallow depression on each side of base near shoulder; punc- 

 tures dense, sharply defined, and of moderate size, but 

 becoming small posteriorly. Legs moderately long; hind 

 femora rather stout; hind tibiae rather stouter than the 

 middle ones, but no wider at apex than at middle, front 

 pair lightly bisinuate on lower surface. Length, 2-2 \ mm. 



9 . Differs in having the eyes smaller and not so close 

 together, antennae with all the joints except the second, 

 shorter; abdomen more convex and legs shorter. 



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