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ones in middle. Elytra rather long, much wider than pro- 

 thorax, parallel-sided to near apex, with a shallow depression 

 on each side of a feeble subscutellar elevation ; with dense 

 and not very large but sharply-defined punctures about base, 

 becoming smaller and partially concealed posteriorly. Tip of 

 abdomen bifoveate. Legs long; hind tibiae strongly dilated 

 from each end to middle. Length, If -2 mm. 



9 . Differs in being slightly wider, eyes smaller and 

 not so close together, antennae slightly shorter, hind tibiae 

 evenly dilated from base to apex, and notched at apex, and 

 in the abdomen. 



Hab. — Queensland: Townsville (Blackburn's collection 

 and H. H. D. Griffith, from F. P. Dodd). Type, I. 6163. 



A depressed species readily distinguished from all other 

 members of the genus by the greatly thickened hind tibiae 

 of the male; the small fourth joint of antennae is also rather 

 peculiar. On an occasional specimen there is a slight in fus- 

 cation on the disc of the pronotum. The distance between 

 the eyes of the male at their nearest point is less than the 

 length of the basal joint of antennae; in the female the 

 distance is slightly more. At first glance the abdomen 

 of the male along the middle appears to be composed of but 

 three segments, owing to the complete obliteration of the 

 suture between the two basal segments across the middle, 

 and to the fourth being much shorter than the third; on the 

 female, however, the third and fourth are of even length, 

 and the fifth has a vague median depression only. 



Xylophilus divisus, n. sp. 



d . Flavous; head sometimes rather lightly infuscated. 

 Moderately densely clothed with (for the genus) not very 

 short pubescence. 



Head with small and rather sparse punctures. Eyes 

 large, close together in front, lightly notched. Antennae 

 moderately long, second and third joints small and subequal, 

 the following ones not much larger, eleventh almost as long 

 as ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax rather small; with 

 dense and moderately small but sharply-defined punctures; 

 with a vague depression on each side of base. Elytra moder- 

 ately convex, much wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to 

 beyond the middle, subscutellar elevations extremely feeble; 

 punctures rather denser and more sharply defined (although 

 not larger) than on prothorax, becoming smaller posteriorly. 

 Middle tibiae distinctly dilated from base to beyond the 

 middle and then rather abruptly narrowed to apex; hind 

 pair rather thin, no wider at apex than in middle. Length, 

 1J-2 mm. 



