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punctured. Head transverse, broader than the prothorax, 
convex, rapidly narrowed behind the eyes, the latter very large 
and separated by about half their own width ; antenne long in 
36, shorter in 2, feebly serrate from joint 4 onward, 3 about 
as long as 4, 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax transversely 
quadrate, abruptly narrowed in front, grooved across the disc 
anteriorly and with a deep horseshoe-shaped impression before 
the base. Elytra much broader than the head, long, flattened 
and subparallel in their basal half, the dise with an oblique 
shallow depréssion extending downward from the humeri, 
the suture also depressed at the base. Legs long. 5 
3S. Anterior tibie feebly curved, mucronate at tip; ante- 
rior tarsi dilated ; posterior femora simple, slightly thickened. 
Aedeagus (so far as visible) rather broad, abruptly acuminate 
at tip. 
Length 23-31 mm. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (C. F. Baker). 
Three males and one female, the latter immature, the males 
varying in the colour of the anterior femora and tibie. 
Larger and more elongate than X. planipennis, Motsch., from 
Ceylon, the head simply convex posteriorly, the g with the 
antennee longer, stouter, and distinctly serrate (as in the 
Bornean X. melanosoma, Champ., 1915), the anterior tibiz 
mucronate at the tip, the anterior tarsi stouter. ; 
Xylophilus strangulatus, sp. n. 
g. Elongate, narrow, shining, pruinose ; testaceous, the 
eyes black, the elytra (except at the base) and joints 3-10 of 
the antenne more or less infuscate, the posterior femora and 
tibiee a little darker than the tarsi; sparsely, minutely, the 
elytral depressions rather coarsely, punctured. Head broad, 
transverse, well developed behind the eyes, the latter large, 
distant ; antennze long, rather slender, joint 3 as long as 4, 
11 stout, obliquely acuminate. Prothorax small, transversely 
quadrate, narrowed in front, with a deep arcuate excavation 
before the base and a strongly defined sulcus extending across 
the disc before the middle. LElytra long, slightly wider than 
the head, subparallel in their basal half, blunt at the tip, 
deeply excavate on the disc anteriorly. Anterior tibiz feebly 
curved, unarmed; posterior legs not very elongate, thie 
femora moderately thickened, simple. Aedeagus slender, 
eurved upward at the tip. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (C. F. Baker). 
One male, somewhat abraded, owing to the difficulty of 
