XANTHOPHORUS. 
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Head minutely punctured, clothed with liavous pubescence ; 
clypeus slightly emarginate in front ; labrum liavous ; eyes 
scarcely sinuate ; antennae slender, basal five joints liavous, rest 
fuscous, third joint half as long as the fourth, terminal two 
slightly shorter than the preceding joints. Thorax half as broad 
again as long, sides strongly widened, surface obsoletely depressed. 
Elytral puncturation scarcely perceptible, surface clothed with fine 
yellow pubescence. 
Length 3| mm. 
Bab. Ceylon. 
Smaller than X. Jlauojnlosus , of different colour, pubescence 
much shorter and stouter, antennae with the joints of different 
lengths. 
' Xanthophorus nigripennis, Jac. (Xanthonia) Mem. Soc. Bnt. 
Belt;, vii, 1900, p. 100. 
Head, basal joints of antennae, thorax and legs fulvous ; elytra 
and body beneath black. 
Head very strongly and closely punctured, shining, a slightly 
raised narrow central ridge on the vertex ; clypeus similarly 
punctured, transverse, anterior border emarginate in the middle, 
sides acutely carinate ; antennae black, rather short and stout, 
basal three joints fulvous, third and following two joints equal, 
terminal joints shorter and thicker. Thorax half as broad again 
as long, sides scarcely widened at the middle ; surface shining, 
obsoletely sulcate below the middle, finely and subremotely punc- 
tured and very sparingly pubescent. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 
with basal portion slightly raised, finely rugosely punctured, 
clothed with fine grey pubescence. 
Length 3|— 5 mm. 
Bab. Bengal : Mandar. 
Most nearly allied to X. balyi, Jac., and X. carinatus , Jac., but 
distinguished from both by the short and thick terminal joints of 
the antennae ; the head also is more closely punctured and the 
elytra are black. 
725. Xanthophorus montanus, sp. n. 
Beneath black ; basal joints of antennae and upper surface 
fulvous, clothed with yellow pubescence. 
Head finely and rather closely punctured, sparingly pubescent; 
anterior border of clypeus straight ; labrum piceous ; last joint of 
palpi robust ; antennae black, extending to about middle of elytra, 
basal four joints fulvous, third and fourth equal. Thorax not 
broader than long, sides nearly straight, surface more finely and 
closely punctured than the head, sides with a rather deep transverse 
depression not extending to the middle. Scutellum twice as long 
as broad. Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, sculptured 
