The Philippine journal of science. [Vol. 57, no. 1]

SCOLYTIDiE AND PLATYPODIDZE: NEW SPECIES FROM
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND FORMOSA
By KARL E. SCHE)DL
Of the Institut fiir angewandte Zoologie, Munich, Germany
XYLECHINUS FORMOSANUS sp. nov.
Reddish brown, opaque, 2.2 mm long, 2.17 times as long as
wide. Front convex, darker than the general color, minutely
reticulate and finely punctured.
Pronotum much wider than long (32:22), posterolateral angles rectangular, sides parallel on the basal fourth, then strongly
convergent, apical margin broadly rounded; surface very feebly
convex, uniformly, moderately, finely punctured and covered
with scalelike hairs.
Elytra a little wider than (25: 32) and 2.3 times as long as the
pronotum, sides parallel, angulately rounded behind; base carinate, cylindrical on the basal three-fourths, uniformly convex
behind, disc striate-punctate, stkial punctures moderately large
and densely place, interspaces moderately wide, convex and uniformly uniseriately punctured, from the punctures arise small
inclined yellowish scales, the interspaces somewhat narrower on
the declivity.
Type in my collection.
FORMOSA.
CROSSOTARSUS INUTILUS sp. nov.
Male.-Reddish brown, 3.5 mm long, four times as long as
wide. Allied to C. obtectus m.
Front flat, opaque, densely roughly punctured, with scattered
short erect hairs, rounded towards the vertex.
Pronotum much longer than wide (11:8), femoral grooves
shallow, median sulcus long, surrounded by a narrow elongate
patch of fine punctures, remaining surface shining, polished,
subimpunctate.
Elytra wider than (9: 8) and twice as long as the pronotum,
sides parallel, with declivital armature similar to that of C.

Thirty-second contribution.

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