some Eastern Xylophilids. 405 
densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctured. Head 
a little wider than the prothorax, truncate at the base, ex- 
tended on each side behind the eyes, the latter large, distant ; 
antenne moderately long, somewhat thickened, joint 3 about 
as long as 4, 11 obliquely acuminate. Prothorax trans- 
versely subquadrate, narrowed anteriorly, depressed laterally 
towards the apex. LElytra oblong, broad, not very long, with 
a common, deep, arcuate exeavation below the base extending 
forward to the humeri. Tarsi slender. Posterior femora 
stout, clavate. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hab. 8. India, Kodaikanal (7. V. Campbell). 
Two specimens, ?g\ and @, one of them in good condition, 
the other imperfect, both presented to the Museum by Mr. H, A. 
Butler. An isolated form, with a shining black body, the 
tarsi in part and the palpi flavescent, the long elytral pubes- 
cence partly whitish, and arranged into irregular lines and a 
subapical fascia, the post-basal depressions deep and oblique. 
X. melanotus, Champ. (1916), from Assam, is perhaps tlie 
nearest ally known to me. 
Xylophilus brunneomaculatus. 
? Hylophilus brinneomaculatus, Pic, ‘ L’Echange,’ xxiii. p. 182 (1907). 
oe brunneomaculatus, Champ. Trans. Ent, Soc, Lond. 1916, 
p- 20. 
Hab. InpDi1A, Himalaya. 
T'wo imperfect specimens recently received from my son 
(H. G. C.) from W. Almora differ from the two recorded by 
me from Kasauli and Simla in their much darker coloration : 
the head and a common, broad, indeterminate median fascia 
on the elytra are black, and the legs, prothorax, and posterior 
portion of the elytra infuscate or piceous. The antenne are 
entirely testaceous and formed as in the examples described 
by me in 1916. The angularly dilated sides of the prothorax 
separate the present species trom X. rosti, Pic, from Kulu, 
an insect compared with X, neglectus, Duval, and at present 
unknown to me. 
Xylophilus himalaicus, sp. n. 
@. Elongate, rather broad, robust, shining, finely, some- 
what sparsely pubescent ; black, the tarsi (the infuscate 
basal joint of the posterior pair excepted) and palpi testaceous, 
the elytra (a space along the sides extending from a little 
below the humeri to near the tip and the apical margin 
excepted) reddish brown ; closely, strongly, the elytra more 
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