New or little-known Xylophilidae. 11 



Legs stout [posterior pair wanting], the femora clavate; anterior 

 tibiae short, moderately thickened, mucronate at the apex. Penis- 

 sheath stout, acuminate. 

 Length 2±, breadth 1 nun. 



Hab. Perak (Doherly). 



One specimen. This insect is coloured like X. axillaris. 

 from Assam, but it is more nearly related to X. tavoyanus, 

 from Tenasserim, which has the entire base of the elytra 

 testaceous, the Legs and antennae longer and not so 

 stout, and the anterior tibiae of the (J strongly dilated at 

 the middle within. The posterior legs are unfortunately 

 wanting in the unique types of these two insects; these 

 legs doubtless have the femora strongly clavate. X. 

 axillaris, known from a single $, has shorter and much 

 more slender limbs, and it is scarcely likely to be the 

 sexual complement of the Perak insect. 



7. Xylophilus axillaris, n. sp. 



. Moderately elongate, broad, robust, shining; nigro-piceous, 



the palpi, humeri, anterior lees (the knees excepted), intermediate 

 femoi'a in part, and the intermediate and posterior tarsi testaceous; 

 head and prothorax densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, 

 punctate; clothed with rather long, pallid pubescence. Head 

 broad, short, narrowly, subangularly extended on each side behind 

 the eyes, the latter large, deeply emarginate, and separated by 

 about half their width ; antennae short, rather stout, joint 2 slight ly 

 shorter than 3, 3-10 very gradually decreasing in length, 3-5 about 

 as long as broad, 6-10 transverse, 11 short-ovate, acuminate. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, subquadrate, narrowed in front, convex, obsoletely 

 canaliculate down the middle behind. Elytra broad, much wider 

 than the head, rather short, subparallel in their basal half, without 

 definite depression. Legs rather short, posterior femora a little 

 thicker than the others, basal joint of posterior tarsi curved. 

 Length 2\, breadth 1 mm. 



Hab. Assam, Patkai Mts. {Doherlij). 



One female, in poor condition. Not unlike X. bryanti, 

 Pic, from Ceylon, differing from that species in its larger 

 size, the stouter, nigro-piceous antennae, the unimpn 

 elytra, with the humeri only testaceous, and the less 

 thickened posterior femora and tibiae. X. scapularis, 

 Fairm. (re-named favrmavrei by Pic), from Belgaum, may 

 be an allied form. 



