406 On some Eastern Xylophilids. 
coarsely, punctured. Head broad, truncate at the base, nar- 
rowly, subangularly extended on each side behind tie eyes, 
the latter large, distant ; antenne stout, moderately long, 
joint 3 as long as 4, 8-10 transverse, 11 obliquely acuminate. 
Prothorax transversely subquadrate, narrowed in front, 
distinctly canaliculate towards the base. Elytra rather long, 
much wider than the head, narrowed from about the middle, 
obliquely depressed on the disc anteriorly. Posterior femora 
moderately clavate. 
Length 24-23 mm. 
Hab, Inp1A, W. Almora in Kumaon (17. G. Champion : 
x. 1919): . 
Two specimens. Very like X. crassipes, Champ., from 
Ceylon (1915, type ¢), but larger, broader, and nore robust ; 
the antennee stouter and wholly black (except at the extreme 
tip); the puncturing of the head stronger; the elytra bordered 
with black at the apex, the post-basal depressions shallow. 
Xylophilus varus, sp. n. 
3. Moderately elongate, rather broad, shining, finely 
pubescent ; testaceous, the head nigro-piceous; closely, 
finely, the elytra a little more coarsely, punctate. Head 
broader than the prothorax, narrowly extended and subangular 
behind the eyes, the latter large and separated by a rather 
narrow space ; antenne very long, about the length of the 
elytra, not very slender, the joints subcylindrical, 3 about 
as long as 4 [11 wanting]. Prothorax convex, transverse, 
narrowed anteriorly, without definite impressions. Elytra 
moderately long, comparatively broad, subparallel in their 
basal half, slightly depressed within the humeri. Legs long 
[posterior pair wanting] ; intermediate tibize abruptly bowed 
inward from a little beyond the middle. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hab. 8. InpiA, Kodaikanal (7. V. Campbell). 
One male, presented to the Museum by Mr. E. A. Butler. 
Larger than the Cingalese X. ertbricollis, Pic (= mucronatus, 
Pic), the antennee and legs much elongated, the intermediate 
(instead of the anterior) tibie abruptly bowedin g. Judging 
from the structure of its allies, the posterior femora in the 
present species should be clavate and more or less infuscate 
in the same sex. A smaller g, from the Nilgiri Hills (4. Z. 
Andrewes), now wanting the antennee and the anterior and 
posterior legs, may belong to the same species: the elytra, 
however, have the suture in part and a spot at the sides 
beyond the middle infuscate. X. nigropictus, Champ. (1915), 
from Kandy, has similar intermediate tibiz in ¢. 
