24 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



The antennae are simply said to be " assez greles," a 

 definition fitting either insect. The type may be a female. 

 X. nilgiriensis has a similar front foot in £. 



24. Xylophilus claviger, n. sp. (Plate I, fig. 12, antenna, <$.) 



cj. Elongate, narrow, depressed, shining; obscure testaceous, the 

 eyes black, the elytra gradually becoming infuscate towards the 

 sides from a little below the base ; densely, finely, the elytra more 

 coarsely, punctate ; finely pubescent. Head convex, broad, short, 

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

 large, feebly emarginate, subapproximate in front; antennae (fig. 12) 

 rather short, not very slender, joints 2 and 4 short, subequal in 

 length, 3 longer, 4-10 gradually decreasing in length, 8-10 trans- 

 verse, 11 produced into a long, acuminate club, about as long as 

 6-10 united. Prothorax rather small, transverse, subquadrate, 

 constricted behind the rather prominent anterior angles, the disc 

 arcuately impressed near the base and transversely grooved in 

 front of this, the groove extending outwards to the lateral con- 

 striction. Elytra a little wider than the head, moderately elongate, 

 subparallel, transversely depressed below the base. Legs long, 

 rather slender; anterior tibiae armed with a small tooth towards the 

 apex within ; anterior tarsi with the basal joint slightly thickened ; 

 posterior femora moderately incrassate, furnished with a narrow, 

 flavous, densely ciliate pad beneath which extends nearly the whole 

 length of the femur; basal joint of posterior tarsi slender, about 

 half the length of the tibia. 

 Length 2, breadth f mm. 



Hah. Siam, Renong (Doherty). 



One male. Near X. glaucus, Ch., o, from Perak, obscure 

 testaceous in colour, the prothorax shaped as in X. malac- 

 canus, Pic, the eyes large and subapproximate in front, 

 the antennae with a very elongate apical joint, the anterior 

 tibiae toothed, the ciliate pad on the posterior femora 

 extending for nearly their whole length. X. barbicornis , 

 Ch., from the Nilgiri Hills, is an allied form with a still 

 longer, but much stouter apical joint to the antennae in 

 <^; but in the Indian insect the eyes are much smaller, 

 the elytra are longer and coarsely punctate, and the pro- 

 thoracic depressions are shallow. 



25. Xylophilus penicillatus, n. sp. (Plate I, fig. 13, <$.) 



(J. Elongate, depressed, shining; nigro-piceous, the elytra with 

 the humeral callus and an indistinct spot on the disc before the 



