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middle, parts of legs somewhat flavous. Densely clothed with 

 very short, pale pubescence. 



Head rather strongly transverse, punctures indistinct. 

 Eyes large, close together in front, lightly notched. Antennae 

 rather long and thin, second joint subglobular, slightly wider 

 and shorter than third, third-tenth subequal, eleventh slightly 

 longer and wider than tenth. Prothorax distinctly trans- 

 verse; with dense, more or less concealed punctures; with a 

 conspicuous depression on each side of middle of base. Elytra 

 much wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex; with 

 dense and rather small, partially-concealed punctures, but 

 more distinct than elsewhere on and about a feeble sub- 

 scutellar swelling, and a shallow depression near same on each 

 elytron. Legs rather long; hind tibiae no wider at tip than 

 near same. Length, l^-li mm. 



9 ■ Differs in having the head somewhat smaller, eyes 

 not so close together (although fairly close), abdomen more 

 convex, and legs slightly and antennae conspicuously shorter. 



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

 Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, T. 6188. 



The elytral markings at first glance are vaguely sugges- 

 tive of those of brachyderes, but they are lateral only, the 

 general shape is more parallel-sided and the hind femora are 

 dark; a female from Cairns is rather paler than the type, 

 but with the head darker, the lateral markings of the elytra 

 more distinct, and the legs uniformly pale. The pubescence 

 is extremely short, but is so dense that the finer sculpture is 

 almost concealed, on the upper-surface it is almost ashen (on 

 the elytra it occasionally appears to be subvittate), but on 

 the under-surface it is whiter. On one female from Cairns 

 the dark lateral markings are more extended, the elytra are 

 non-vittate, and the sterna are almost blood-red ; its abdomen 

 is missing. The depressions at the base of the pronotum from 

 some directions appear semicircular and much larger than 

 from others; whilst from some directions, especially on the 

 females, each appears to be divided into two. The distance 

 between the eyes of the male at their closest is much less than 

 the length of the basal antennal joint ; in the female it is 

 almost equal to the length of that joint. 



Xylophilus trichomerus, n. sp. 



Of a dingy reddish-testaceous, elytra and appendages not 

 much paler. Clothed with very short pubescence, more 

 distinct on under-surface than on upper. 



Head rather convex; with dense, but partially-concealed 

 punctures. Eyes widely separated, prominent, and lightly 

 notched. Antennae moderately long, second joint subglobular 



