18 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



narrowed in front. Elytra considerably wider than the head, oblong, 

 without definite depression. Legs slender, moderately long; an- 

 terior tibiae curved, armed with a minute triangular tooth at about 

 one-third from the apex, and mucronate at the inner apical angle ; 

 posterior femora clavate, stout ; posterior tibiae straight ; basal joint 

 of posterior tarsi very slender, almost straight. 

 Length If, breadth § mm. 



Rah. India, Belgaum (Andrewes). 



Fairmaire appears to have confused three species under 

 this name. Two co-types, $ $, lent me by Mr. Andrewes, 

 cannot possibly be conspecific, and the <§ mentioned by 

 the author, and retained by him, with a dark head, larger 

 and more approximate eyes, and stouter antennae, is 

 clearly a third species. The general description, especially 

 as regards the rather stout antennae, the densely punctured 

 prothorax and elytra, and the infuscate posterior femora, 

 applies to the male before me, which can be taken as 

 typical X. rufinns. An allied form, X. chinensis, Ch. (infra), 

 occurs in China. 



17. Xylophilus denticollis, n. sp. 



Xylophilus rnfinus, Fairm., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, p. 45 

 (1896) (part.). 



Oblong, moderately shining; testaceous, the eyes black; sparsely, 

 minutely, the elytra more closely and distinctly, punctate; finely 

 pubescent. Head short, not very broad, very narrowly extended 

 on each side behind the eyes, the latter moderately large, distant, 

 entire ; antennae rather short, joints 1 and 2 stout, 3 and 4 slender, 

 equal, 3 longer than 2, 5-10 rapidly becoming shorter and wider, 

 9 and 10 transverse, 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax as wide as 

 the head, strongly transverse, trapezoidal, abruptly, obliquely 

 narrowed anteriorly, the anterior angles tumid and subdentif orm , 

 the disc with two shallow oblique foveae before the base. Elytra 

 broad, nearly twice as wide as the prothorax, oblong, narrowing 

 from about the basal third, the oblique post-basal depression rather 

 deep, the humeri somewhat prominent. Legs slender, rather long, 

 the posterior femora moderately incrassate, clavate, the tibiae 

 narrow; basal joint of posterior tarsi very slender, long, almost 

 straight. 



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



Hah. India, Belgaum (Andrewes). 



One specimen. This species has the head and prothorax 



