26 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



more slender towards the base, joint 2 short, 3 and 4 a little longer, 

 5 subtriangular, 6-10 broad, strongly transverse, 11 acuminate- 

 ovate. Prothorax slightly broader than long, rather narrow, the 

 sides arcuately converging anteriorly, the disc with an arcuate 

 depression before the base. Elytra moderately long, much wider 

 than the head, somewhat rounded at the sides, strongly, trans- 

 versely depressed below the base. Legs moderately long ; posterior 

 femora feebly clavate ; basal joint of posterior tarsi curved. 

 Length 2jl , breadth 1 mm. 



Hab. Perak (Doherty). % 



One specimen, in good condition. A robust, elongate- 

 oval, nigro-piceous insect, with very stout, outwardly 

 widened antennae, joints 6-10 of which are strongly 

 transverse ; the elytra rufo-maculate on the outer part of 

 the disc anteriorly, and also variegated with cinereous 

 and brown pubescence; the entire upper surface densely, 

 minutely punctate; the knees and tarsi testaceous. In 

 certain lights the cinereous pubescence on the elytra 

 appears to be condensed into a triangular patch in the 

 post-basal depression. An isolated form. 



27. Xylophilus furcatimanus, n. sp. (Plate I, figs. 14, ^; 

 14a, anterior tibia and tarsus.) 



cJ. Moderately elongate, opaque (till denuded); piceous, the 

 antennae, palpi, legs, and apex of abdomen, and the elytra with 

 an oblique, elongate humeral patch and a smaller patch on the disc 

 at about one-third from the apex, testaceous; the upper surface 

 very finely punctate and clothed with fine pruinose pubescence. 

 Head broad, short, with a flattened, slightly concave, triangular 

 prominence in the middle at the base (conspicuous when seen in pro- 

 file), the eyes large, occupying the whole of the sides, distant, feebly 

 emarginate ; antennae long, joint 2 short, 3 nearly twice as long as 

 2, 4 a little shorter than 3 or 5, 5-10 subequal in length, subserrate, 

 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax transverse, large, convex, rounded - 

 subquadrate, with a deep, transverse, bifoveate impression before 

 the base. Elytra moderately long, somewhat rounded at the sides, 

 at the base not much wider than the head, the disc obliquely de- 

 pressed anteriorly. Legs moderately long, comparatively stout; 

 anterior tibiae dilated outwards into a very broad, obliquely bi- 

 furcate, subtriangular plate, the tarsus inserted beneath the apical 

 portion of the plate (fig. 14a) ; posterior femora a little stouter than 

 the others; posterior tibiae rather broad; basal joint of posterior 

 tarsi somewhat curved. 



Length 2J, breadth ^ mm. 



