XANTHOPIIOHUS. 
405 
male, shorter in the female, terminal joints not thickened, third 
shorter than the fourth. Thorax transverse, widened at the middle, 
surface with or without a shallow transverse sulcus. Elytra finely 
granulate-punctate. Legs slender ; femora unarmed ; first joint 
of tarsi as long as the following two united ; claws bifid. Pro- 
sternum elongate, strongly narrowed and angulate at the middle ; 
mesosternum elongate, in shape similar to the prosternum. 
This genus is proposed for Xanthonia jl/cvopilosa, Jac., from 
Ceylon and several other Indian species, which differ much in 
character from typical Xanthonia ; the shape is much more elon- 
gate, the thorax more transverse with transverse shallow sulcus at 
the middle, and the elytral sculpture is quite different ; there are 
also other minor differences. Allied also to Nephrella , but in that 
genus the eyes are kidney-shaped and the thorax has no sulcus. 
' 15. Xanthophorus flavopilosus, Jac. (Xanthonia) P. X. S. 1887, 
p. 72. 
Pale fulvous ; clothed with yellow pubescence ; terminal joints 
of antennae sometimes dusky. 
Head extremely finely punctured, clothed with yellowish hairs ; 
clypeus not separated from the face, anterior margin nearly straight; 
labrum flavous ; antennae nearly as long as the body in the male, 
third and fourth joints nearly eq ual. Thorax half as broad again as 
long, obsoletely transversely depressed near the base, sides strongly 
rounded, surface granulately punctate, closely pubescent. Elytra 
with similar sculpture, the whole upper surface clothed with fine 
silken yellow pubescence. 
Length 3-4 mm. 
Hah. Ceylon. 
Larger than X lemoides , Walk., pubescence longer and thicker. 
Neither in this species nor in that of Walker’s does the thorax 
show a distinct sulcus, but the eyes are ovate and entire, not 
elongate and kidney-shaped. 
Fig. 141 . — Xanthophorus Jlavopilostts. 
