New or little-known Xylophiliclae. 29 



One specimen, found in June 1899. Very like A'. 

 armipes, Fairm., $, from Belgaum; but with the head 

 arcuately swollen in the middle at the base, the antennae 

 not so stout, the prothoracic angles more obtuse, the 

 elytra a little wider at the middle and closely, conspicu- 

 ously punctate throughout, the punctures (as in X. troglo- 

 dytes from Selangor) very little coarser at the base. X. 

 dmtabifemwr, Pic, from Ceylon, the $ only of which is 

 known, is not unlike A'. Iiolosericeus ; but the latter is a 

 much larger insect, with longer legs, broader elytra, etc. 



31. Xylophilus sellatus, n. sp. (Plate II, figs. 16, 16a, <$.) 



cj. Moderately elongate, rather narrow, dull (till denuded); 

 ferruginous, the head, a very broad, common, post-median fascia 

 on the elytra (narrowing outwards and not quite reaching the 

 margin), and the posterior femora (except at the base) black, the 

 posterior tibiae slightly infuscate; above closely, minutely, the 

 elytra more sparsely, punctate; clothed with very fine, greyish, 

 sericeous pubescence. Head large, arcuate at the base above 

 (fig. 16«); eyes extremely large, occupying almost the whole of the 

 sides of the head, feebly emarginate, distant; antennae setulose, 

 long, slender, joint 2 short, .'5 twice as long as 2, 3-10 gradually 

 decreasing in length, obconic, 10 about as broad as long, 11 ovate, 

 obliquely acuminate. Prothorax convex, narrow, oblongo-sub- 

 quadrate, the sides slightly constricted at the middle. Elytra 

 moderately long, a little wider than the head, parallel in their basal 

 third, with a rather deep, post-basal depression. Legs long, Blender; 

 anterior tibiae feebly curved, sharply toothed at the inner apical 

 angle above (the apex appearing bidentate as seen from in front); 

 anterior tarsi with joint 1 elongate, stout; intermediate femora 

 angulato-lamellate at the apex beneath; posterior femora a little 

 stouter than the others, distinctly clavate; posterior tarsi very 

 slender, the basal joint almosl straight. 



Length 2, breadth I nun. 



Hab. India, Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes). 



One male, in very good condition. Near A', palliditarsis, 

 Tic. Erom Ceylon; but differently coloured, the antennae 

 less elongate, the basal joint of the anterior tarsi much 

 thickened and the anterior tibiae sharply toothed at the 

 tip above in <J, the head not binodose a1 the base and 

 the intermediate femora Bimply angulato-lamellate at the 

 apex in this sex. A figure of the head of A. pdUiditarsis, 

 £, is shown for comparison (Plate II, tig. 17). 



