New or little-known Xylophilidae. 31 



33. Xylophilus armipes. 



Xylophilus armipes, Fairm., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, p. 44 

 (1896). 



Hab. India, Belgaum. 



Fairmaire described this species from a pair from Bel- 

 gaum. The type, male, retained by him, is said to have 

 the anterior tibiae acutely angulate at the middle within ; 

 the female, lent me by Mr. Andrewes, has the anterior 

 tibiae simple and the posterior femora hollowed at the 

 apex beneath, so as Id appeal angulate at about one-third 

 from the tip. 



34. Xylophilus plumbeus, n. sp. 



Elongate-obovate, dull; nigro-pioeous, (ho elytra! epipleura, the 

 base and tip of the antennae, the coxae, the femora to near the 

 apex, the tibiae in part, and the tarsi, ferruginous, the palpi testa- 

 ceous; head and prothorax closely, minutely, the elytra more 

 coarsely punctate, the punctures oblong, and becoming much finer 

 and more scattered on the apical half, the interspaces alutaceous 

 throughout; finely sericeo-pubescent. Head transverse, compara- 

 tively small, arcuate at the base above, narrowly, subangularly 

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

 distant, and deeply emarginate ; antennae lime, slender, joint 2 short . 

 3 a little longer than 2, 4 longer than 'i, 4—8 obconic. subequal, !• 

 and 10 slightly shorter, 11 ovate, obliquely acuminate. Prothorax 

 gibbous, as long as broad, constricted and obliquely narrowed in 

 front. Elytra much wider than (lie head, long, somewhat inflated, 

 widest at the middle, flattened at the base. Legs long, slender, tin- 

 posterior femora a little stouter than the others anil feebly, sub- 

 angularly dilated at about the apical third beneath; posterior tarsi 

 comparatively short, the basal joint barely one-third the length of 

 the tibia. 

 -Length 2], breadth 1 mm. (, ?.) 



Hub. India, Kanara (H. E. Andrewes). 



One specimen. Near X. mini pes. Fairm., but smaller, 

 the antennae slender, the head and prothorax narrower, 

 t he prothorax gibbous, t he elyl ra more inflated and simply 

 flattened at the base; the puncturing of the latter is very 

 much liner on the apical half and t he interspaces alutaceous 

 in both species. The apical joint of the maxillary palpi is 

 extremely broad. 



