collected in Australia and Tasmania. 
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outwardly, rather short ; joints 3-5 equal in length ; 9 and 10 sub- 
transverse ; 11 stout, acuminate at the tip. Prothorax transversely 
subquadrate, with the anterior angles rounded, much narrower than 
the head, moderately convex, thickly, finely punctate, without 
distinct impressions on the disc. Elytra broad and rather short, 
twice as wide as the prothorax, gradually widening from the base 
to the middle, broadly rounded at the apex, transversely depressed 
a little below the base, thickly and rather coarsely punctate. Legs 
moderately long, slender, the hind femora rather stout. Length 
breadth 1 mm. ( $ ). 
Hah. N. W. Australia — Adelaide River. 
One female specimen^ sent by Mr. Walker to the 
British Museum. This insect somewhat resembles X. 
stigmosus, Champ., from Central America. The two 
fuscous zigzag fasciae on the elytra are separated by a 
somewhat M -shaped mark of the ground-colour. Found 
by beating stunted Acacias (Walker). 
Xylophilus alhonotatuSj n. sp. 
Very short, broad, convex, opaque (slightly shining, when 
denuded of pubesence) ; the head black, sometimes ferruginous in 
front, the prothorax rufo-ferruginous, the elytra varying in colour 
from reddish-brown to piceous ; the antenna ferruginous, the 
outer joints, the apical one excepted, slightly infuscate ; the legs 
ferruginous, the hind femora and tibige sometimes infuscate ; the 
elytra with two broad irregular fasciae (one a little before, the 
other beyond the middle) and some scattered spots whitish- 
pubescent, the rest of the elytral pubescence fuscous, the head and 
prothorax also finely pubescent. Head broad, thickly, minutely 
punctate ; the eyes yery large and coarsely granulated, widely 
separated, the head very narrowly extended behind them. Antennae 
short ; joint 1 elongate, stout ; 2 stout, about as broad as long ; 
3 rather slender, longer than broad ; 3-10 slightly increasing in 
width and decreasing in length; 7-10 transverse; 11 stout, 
obliquely acuminate at the tip. Prothorax narrower than the heafd, 
transversely subquadrate, with the anterior angles rounded, 
densely, finely punctate, and with a very shallow oblique groove on 
either side of the middle of the disc at the base. Elytra twice the 
width of the prothorax, short, a little rounded at the sides, feebly 
transversely depressed below the base, closely, somewhat coarsely 
punctate. Legs short, moderately slender, the hind femora stout. 
$ . Posterior femora triangularly excised on the lower side near 
the base. 
Length 1^, breadth § mm. ($2)- 
