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apical margin, and the antennae and legs, testaceous ; densely, finely punctate, 

 and thickly clothed with fine, greyish pubescence. Head moderately broad» 

 short ; eyes rather large, occupying the whole of the sides of the head, feebly 

 emarginate, distant ; antennae rather short, very slender, joints 1 and 2 stouter 

 3-5 each slightly longer than 2, 6-10 gradually becoming a little shorter and 

 wider, 10 transverse, 11 stout, ovate, obliquely acuminate. Pro thorax trans- 

 verse, convex, narrower than the head, bifoveate before the base. Elytra a 

 little wider than the head, convex, rather short, somewhat rounded at the 

 sides, shallowly. transversely depressed below the base. Legs comparatively 

 short ; posterior femora moderately thickened ; posterior tibiae rather stout. 

 Length 1^, breadth ^ mm. ( ? ?) 



Hab. : Borneo, Mt. Matan^, W. Sarawak (G. E. Bryant : 16.i.l4). 



One specimen. A minute, narrow, convex form, with very slender, 

 sub-clavate antennae, pale limbs, obscure ferruginous head and pro- 

 thorax, and the elytra in part piceous, the latter having a broad basal 

 fascia and some other markings testaceous. The elytral markings 

 resemble those of X. siihcrassicornis Pic, from Ceylon, which is a 

 much larger insect, with very differently formed head and antennae. 



17. — Xylophilus egregius n. sp. (Plate XXa, figs. 3, 3a, <^ .) 



Eather short, sub-cylindrical, dull (till denuded) ; testaceous or pale 

 testaceous, darker beneath, the eyes black, the elytra with a common transverse 

 scutellar patch, a post-median fascia (interrupted at the suture) and another 

 fascia immediately before the apex, piceous or nigro-piceous ; closely, minutely, 

 the elytra more distinctly, punctate ; thickly clothed with very fine greyish 

 pubescence. Head short, broad, strongly deflexed, deeply sunk into the pro- 

 thorax ; eyes convex, transverse, rather small, distant, entire, occupying the 

 whole of the sides of the head ; antennae similar in the two sexes, moderately 

 long, very slender, joints 1 and 2 stouter, 3 slightly longer than 2, 3-10 sub- 

 equal in length, 3-5 narrow, 6-10 very gradually becoming a little wider, 

 11 stout, much longer than 10, sub-ovate, obtuse at the tip. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, convex, as wide as the head (without the eyes), the sides distinctly 

 constricted anteriorly and parallel at the base, the disc with two sub-obsolete, 

 rather long, oblique impressions before the base. Elytra short, sub-parallel in 

 their basal half, a little wider than the head, shallowly, transversely depressed 

 below the base. Legs slender, moderately long ; anterior tibiae finely mucronate 

 at the inner apical angle in ^ ; posterior femora ( (J ) (fig. 3a) strongly clavate, and 

 armed with a short, slender, sharp tooth at the middle beneath, ( $ ) moderately 

 clavate, simple ; posterior tibiae feebly curved in (? , almost straight in $ • 

 Length, li-l|, breadth f-| mm. ( J ? ). 



Hah. : Borneo, Mt. Matang, W. Sarawak (G. E. Bryant : 6.xii.l3, 

 26.i.l4). 



