20 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



19. Xylophilus brunneomaeulatus. 



Hylophilus brunneomaeulatus, Pic, L'Echange, xxiii, p. 182 

 (1907). 



Moderately elongate, broad, attenuate posteriorly, shining; 

 testaceous, the head in part or almost entirely piceous, the eyes 

 black, the elytra with a large, brownish, indeterminate patch on 

 the disc before the middle; head almost smooth, prothorax and 

 elytra densely punctate, the punctures on the prothorax very fine, 

 those on the elytra moderately coarse; finely pubescent. Head 

 small, transverse, broadly, subangularly extended on each side 

 behind the eyes, the latter small and feebly emarginate; antennae 

 moderately long, very slender, thickened towards the apex, joint. 

 2 about as long as 4, 3 and 5 more elongate, 5-10 becoming gradually 

 wider, 10 about as broad as long, 11 longer and stouter, arcuato- 

 acuminate. Prothorax nearly as wide as the head, transversely 

 quadrate, the sides constricted behind the middle, tumid in front 

 of this, and abruptly convergent in front, the disc with two deep 

 oblique foveae before the base. Elytra rather long, somewhat 

 inflated, more than twice the width of the prothorax, rapidly narrowed 

 posteriorly, transversely depressed below the base. Legs slender, 

 rather long ; posterior femora thickened towards the tip. 



Length 2J-2J, breadth l^-lj mm. ($ ?.) 



Hab. India, Kasauli, Himalayas (H. J. W. Barrow, 21. 

 vi. '05), Simla (vi. 1912, on Mus decumanus), Murree 

 [type]. 



Two specimens from Kasauli and Simla respectively are 

 perhaps referable to X. brunneomaeulatus, Pic, the type 

 of which was from Murree. There is, however, some 

 doubt about the identification, and a description is given 

 from the examples in the British Museum : the Murree 

 insect is said to have the elytra more coarsely punctate 

 at the base than at the apex, the prothorax longer than 

 broad, and the abdomen black. X. rosti, Pic (1909), from 

 Kulu, may also be an allied form, but it is described as 

 having the prothorax " presque carre." 



20. Xylophilus linearis, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrow, shining ; fuscous, the humeri and palpi testace- 

 ous, the antennae piceous with the tip ferruginous, the legs obscure 

 testaceous; densely, minutely, the elytra a little more coarsely, 

 punctate ; closely, finely pubescent. Head short, convex, moder- 

 ately broad, the eyes small, distant, feebly emarginate, not reaching 



