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

 together, antennae somewhat shorter, abdomen more convex, 

 legs shorter and middle tibiae simple. 



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

 Type, I. 6180. 



A small pale species, with peculiar middle tibiae in the 

 male; the hind femora are of two shades of colour, sharply 

 contrasted and longitudinally divided along the middle, on 

 some males the darker shade is of a rather dark brown; on 

 the females the division is much less distinct. The distance 

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

 than the length of the basal antennal joint. The pronotum 

 on some specimens has remnants of a vague median line, and 

 the basal depressions, when present, are feeble and ill denned. 



Xylophilus decipiens, n. sp. 



d . Flavous; head slightly darker than elsewhere. Very 

 finely pubescent. 



Head with small and rather numerous punctures. Eyes 

 large and rather close together. Antennae moderately long, 

 second joint small, third to tenth subequal, eleventh almost 

 as long as ninth and tenth combined, lightly dilated to beyond 

 the middle and then strongly narrowed on one side to apex. 

 Prothorax rather strongly transverse; with dense and rather 

 small, but sharply-defined punctures; with several vague 

 depressions. Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, and 

 with somewhat similar punctures, but becoming smaller pos- 

 teriorly. Metastemum widely and distinctly depressed in 

 middle, and with distinct punctures there. Middle tibiae 

 lightly curved and rather thick throughout, hind tibiae thin, 

 lightly curved, apical half of even width, except that it is 

 slightly narrowed to tip; hind femora rather stout. Length, 

 \\ mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Hamilton (C. J. Wild). Type 

 (unique), I. 6394. 



In general appearance strikingly close to the preceding 

 species, with which I had at one time confused it, but 

 readily distinguished by the middle tibiae of the male ; these 

 on the present species are decidedly thick, but not dilated 

 to a special point, and are hollow on the lower surface, the 

 hind legs are also somewhat different, the eyes are not quite 

 so close together, and the metasternum is different; on that 

 species its median depression is considerably narrower, shorter, 

 and almost impunctate. 



Xylophilus nigriclavus, n. sp. 

 3 . Of a rather dingy flavous; three apical joints of 

 antennae blackish. With very short, pale pubescence. 



