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equal to that of the head; the elytra are without sub-basal 

 depressions. 



A specimen from the Swan River appears to belong to 

 the species, but has the elytral fascia much less denned and 

 not traceable to the suture ; with the under-surface and legs 

 entirely pale. 



Xylophilus anthiciceps, n. sp. 



o* . Of a dingy castaneous-red, with black or infuscate 

 markings. Densely clothed with short, pale pubescence. 



Head elongate ; with dense, partially-concealed punc- 

 tures. Eyes prominent, lightly notched, rather distant from 

 each other and from the base. Antennae moderately long, 

 second joint subglobular, slightly shorter and stouter than 

 third, eleventh irregularly subovate, slightly shorter than 

 ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax about as long as wide, 

 sides feebly dilated from base to near apex, and then 

 suddenly narrowed, with a small semidouble medio-basal 

 impression, punctures much as on head. Elytra much wider 

 than prothorax at base, sides lightly but distinctly dilated to 

 beyond the middle ; with dense and sharply-defined but not 

 very large punctures about base, becoming smaller posteriorly. 

 Legs rather long and thin; hind femora rather stout; hind 

 tibiae no wider at apex than in middle. Length, 2 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type (unique), I. 6176. 



The markings are not sharply defined and on the basal 

 two-thirds of elytra are somewhat as in medio fasciatus, but 

 structurally and in colours elsewhere the two species are very 

 different. In general appearance, more especially about the 

 head, it rather strongly resembles many species of Anthicus, 

 but the suture between the two basal segments of abdomen 

 is distinct only at the sides, and the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsi is lightly curved and much longer than the rest 

 combined. The head and prothorax are of a very dingy 

 red, and the colour is partly obscured by the clothing, the 

 sides of the prothorax are also infuscated; the elytra are 

 mostly black, with each shoulder reddish ; there is also a very 

 obscurely reddish patch (large and very ill-defined) on the 

 apical slope ; the three basal joints of the antennae are partly 

 infuscated, the three apical ones are black, the others are of 

 a rather bright red; the under-surface and hind femora are 

 blackish. The distance between the eyes is about equal to 

 that between each and the base, and about equal to the 

 combined length of the two basal joints of antennae. The 

 elytra at their widest are more than twice the width of the 

 head; and the sub-basal impressions are very feeble. 



