. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. ,depression before the base. Elytra about twice as broad as theprothorax, short, subparallel in their basal half, deeply, transverselydepressed below the base. Legs slender, the posterior pair not veryelongate, their tibiae straight, gradually widened from the base tothe apex (thus appearing elongate-triangular), the basal joint oftheir tarsi more than half the length of the tibia. Length 1| mm. (J1 ?) Hob. New South Wales, Sydney (Ferguson). One specimen, somewhat crushed, but with the head,antennae, and prothorax uninjured, and the insec
. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. ,depression before the base. Elytra about twice as broad as theprothorax, short, subparallel in their basal half, deeply, transverselydepressed below the base. Legs slender, the posterior pair not veryelongate, their tibiae straight, gradually widened from the base tothe apex (thus appearing elongate-triangular), the basal joint oftheir tarsi more than half the length of the tibia. Length 1| mm. (J1 ?) Hob. New South Wales, Sydney (Ferguson). One specimen, somewhat crushed, but with the head,antennae, and prothorax uninjured, and the insect insufficiently good condition for description. The sub-clavate antennae, the transversely grooved, deeply im-pressed prothorax (much as in X. malaccanus), and thegradually widened posterior tibiae, are with X. malaccanus, the present insect is lesselongate and very differently coloured, and the antennaeare otherwise formed. Explanation of Plates I, II.[See Explanations facing the Plates.] Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., 1916, PL -. del. NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN XYLOPH1LIDAE Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1916, PI. I.
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