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Xylophagus reflectens, n. s., mas. et fem. Niger, thorace cinereo 

 bivittato, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis, alis subfuscis, fusco 

 nebulosis. 



Male. — Body black, dull, clothed with short black hairs : eyes 

 dark red : a yellow spot on each side at the base of the feelers, 

 which are black, and not longer than the head : mouth yellow ; palpi 

 and eyes black: two dark gray stripes along the chest: abdomen 

 shining: legs tawny; tips of feet brown: wings slightly brown, 

 each with a broad irregular brown band ; tips and cross-veins 

 clouded with brown ; brands brown ; veins piceous ; poisers tawny. 

 Fem. — Abdomen lengthened at the tip, but much less so than that 

 of X. fasciatus ; wing-veins more clouded than those of the male. 

 Length of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. North America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



i Xylophagus canescens, n. s. Rufo-piceus, cano pubescens, fronte 

 abdominisque suturis argenteis, thorace cinereo bivittato, scutello 

 ferrugineo, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis, tarsis fuscis, alis 

 limpidis apice fusco subnebulosis. 



Allied to X. brunneus, Wied. Body reddish piceous, clothed 

 I with hoary down : front of the head silvery : eyes dark red : feelers 

 j black : two hoary stripes side by side on the chest ; scutcheon ferru- 

 , ginous : hind borders of abdominal segments silvery : legs tawny ; 

 , feet brown : wings colourless, slightly clouded with pale brown at 



their tips ; veins tawny ; brands none ; poisers pale tawny. Length 



of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



| a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 



I Xylophagus terminalis, n. s. Cinereo -piceus, argenteo micans,fer- 

 rugineo varius, antennis fulvis, pedibus ferrugineis, tarsis fus- 

 cis, alis limpidis fusco bifasciatis. 



Body piceous, with a gray tinge, and slightly adorned with sil- 

 i very reflections : eyes dark red : feelers tawny (?) : a gray stripe on 



the chest ; hind border of scutcheon and tip of abdomen ferrugi- 

 i nous : fore part of the breast and under-side of the abdomen tawny : 

 \ legs ferruginous, beset with silvery hairs ; feet piceous, ferruginous 

 i at the base ; first joint of fore feet yellow: wings colourless, tra- 

 | versed by two broad brown bands, the first irregular and interrupted, 

 ( the second larger and entire ; veins brown ; poisers pale tawny, their 

 ' clubs piceous towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 



wings 6 lines. 



I a. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



