14 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



femora clavate, simple; basal joint of posterior tarsi feebly 

 curved. 



Length 2, breadth 1 mm. ($ ?.) 



Hob. Sumatra, Merang (DoJieriy). 



One specimen. A robust, convex, somewhat oval insect, 

 with short, stout limbs, a broad black head, and the pro- 

 thorax, elytra, antennae, and tarsi ferruginous or tes- 

 taceous, the prothorax and elytra without depression, the 

 posterior femora clavate. • This is the only representa- 

 tive of the genus from Sumatra in the British Museum 

 collection, and it is apparently different from all the 

 numerous species described from that island. . 



11. Xylophilus latericius, n. sp. 



Oblong, robust, shining; rufo-testaceous, the eyes black, the 

 posterior tibiae and the sides of the elytra slightly infuscate ; densely 

 punctate, the punctures on the elytra very little coarser than those 

 on the prothorax; clothed with long, fine, pallid hairs. Head 

 very broad, narrowly extended on each side behind the eyes, the 

 latter large, deeply emarginate, and separated by a little more than 

 half their own width ; antennae short, moderately stout, joint 3 

 slightly longer than 2, 3-10 gradually decreasing in length, 7-10 

 transverse, 11 rather stout, obliquely acuminate. Prothorax large, 

 strongly transverse, a little narrower than the head, subquadrate, 

 narrowed in front, obsoletely canaliculate down the middle behind. 

 Elytra broader than the head, moderately long, subparallel in their 

 basal third, rounded at the apex, transversely depressed below 

 the base. Legs rather stout, moderately long; posterior femora 

 clavate, simple; posterior tibiae widened and compressed; basal 

 joint of posterior tarsi curved. 



Length 2|, breadth 1 mm. ($?.) 



Hab. Siam, Renong (Doherty). 



One specimen, apparently a male. Near X. ceylonicus, 

 from Kandy, Ceylon, and X. lentus and X. matangensis, 

 from Borneo, all of which have the anterior tibiae more or 

 less bent and mucronate in $. Larger and broader than the 

 first-named, the antennae shorter and not so stout, the 

 elytra more finely punctate. More elongate and broader 

 than X. lentus, <$, the legs and antennae not quite so stout, 

 the prothorax broader, etc. Much larger and broader 

 than X. matangensis, the antennae shorter and stouter, 



