4 [January, 



broad, 1 1 obliquely acuminate. Prothorax narrower than the head, sub-quad- 

 rate, unimpressed. Elj'tra short, broad, rather convex, unimpressed, slightly- 

 rounded at the sides. Legs moderately long, slender, the posterior femora not 

 much thickened; anterior tibiae slender, slightly bowed inwards at the tip, and 

 armed with a conspiciious tooth at the inner apical angle; basal joint of 

 posterior tarsi curved, fully half the length of the tibia. Length (with head 

 extended) 2, breadth | mm. 



Hah. : S. India, Chikkaballapura in Mysore (T. V. Camphell). 



One male, in good condition, recently received by Mr. E. A. Butler 

 and presented by him to the British Museum. Not unlike X. nilgiri- 

 ensis Champ., but with broader, more distinctly punctate, fasciate 

 elytra, longer, stouter, almost black antennae, darker legs, etc. The 

 imperfectly diagnosed X. hipartitus Pic, from Mahe, Malabar, may be 

 an allied form. 



5. — Xylophilus latimanus, n. sp. 



(J. Oblong, robust, convex, widened posteriorly, shining (when denuded) ; 

 piceous, the humeri reddish, the i^al^ji, joints 2-4 of the antennae, anterior legs, 

 intermediate trochanters, tibiae fin part), and tarsi, and joints 2-4 of posterior 

 tarsi, testaceous ; thickly clothed with fine, adpressed, sericeous, glaiicous-grey 

 pubescence, the elytra with a broad, common, transverse, fuscous median fascia; 

 densely, finely punctate, the punctuation a little coarser on the elytra. 

 Head broad, transverse, obliquely narrowed and considerably developed behind 

 the eyes, the latter moderately large and separated by about their own width 

 as seen from above ; antennae rather elongate, slender, joint 3 longer and 

 narrower than 4, 4-10 triangular, longer than broad, 11 obliquely acuminate. 

 Prothorax about half the width of the elytra, as long as broad, sub-quadrate, 

 slightly narrowed posteriorly and (as seen from above) obliquely narrowed in 

 front ; shallowly, transversely grooved across the middle, and with a transverse 

 arcuate depression before the base. Elytra broad, widened to the middle and 

 arcuately narrowed thence to the apex, the transverse post-basal depression 

 deep. Legs elongate ; antei-ior tibiae stout, curved ; anterior tarsi with joint 1 

 as broad as the tibia, as long as 2 and 3 united, 2 short, rather small, 3 broad ; 

 intermediate tibiae compressed and slightly thickened towards the apex, 

 appearing feebly sinuate within ; posterior femora moderately incrassate, curved, 

 simple ; posterior tibiae compressed, and widened from near the base ; joint 1 

 of posterior tarsi strongly arcuate, about twice as long as 2-4 united. Length 

 2^, breadth 1 mm. • 



Hah. : Borneo (Wallace, in Mus. Oxon.). 



One male, acquired in 1869. This insect has the general shape of 

 X. populneus and its allies, but it is not very closely allied to any 

 species known to me. The basal joint of the anterior tarsi is elongated 

 and dilated as in many Macratriae. 



Horsell : 



November, 1916. 



