398 Mr. G. C. Champion on 
X. cylindricornis, Champ., from Assam, the red head and less 
thickened antenne, and the less excavate and stronger punc- 
turing of the basal portion of the elytra will serve to distin- 
guish X. castaneus. 
Xylophilus holocinctus, sp. n. 
Rather short, robust, shining, somewhat coarsely pubescent ; 
the head, prothorax, a common very broad median fascia 
on the elytra (occupying more than one-third of their length), a 
space across the under surface in line with it, the intermediate 
and posterior femora broadly at the apex, and the posterior 
tibize to near the tip black or piceous, the rest of the elytra, 
legs, and under surface (that of the head excepted) testaceous 
or rufo-testaceous, the antennee obscure ferruginous ; closely, 
finely, the elytra a little more coarsely, punctured. Head 
very broad, short, truncate posteriorly, narrowly extended 
and subangulate on each side behind the eyes, the latter very 
large and somewhat distant; antenne rather short and stout, 
joint 3 as long as 4, 5-10 transverse [11 missing]. Pro- 
thorax subquadrate, feebly canaliculate at the base. EHlytra 
wider than the head, oblong, the post-basal depression deep, 
extending obliquely’ forward to within the humeri and along 
the suture to the base. Legs rather stout; posterior femora 
moderately clavate, the tibize almost straight and distinctly 
widened. 
Length 2,4, mm. (? ?.) 
Hab. BORNEO, Sandakan (C. F. Baker). 
One specimen. N ar X. latericius, Champ. (1916), from 
Siam. The broad nigro-piceous elytral fascia is continued 
across the under surface in the present insect. X. bryantz, 
Pic, from Ceylon, is somewhat similarly coloured. _X. tavoy- 
anus, Champ., from Tenasserim, has a narrower prothorax 
and longer, less thickened antenne, 
Xylophilus basilanus, sp. n. 
3. Rather short, somewhat convex, shining, finely pubes- 
cent; testaceous, the eyes black, the head and posterior 
femora slightly infuseate, the elytra in one specimen with a 
small common transverse patch at the middle of the suture 
and a spot on the outer margin in line with it piceous ; 
closely, finely, the elytra a little more coarsely, punctate. 
Head broad, truncate at the base, very narrowly extended 
and subangular on each side behind the eyes, the latter ex- 
tremely large and subapproximate ; antennze about as long 
as the elytra, rather stout, joint 3 as long as 4, 11 stout, 
