Neiv or Uttle-hnown Xylophilidae. 33 



10 about as broad as lone, 11 acuminate-ovate, rather lone. Pro- 

 thorax narrow, nearly as long as broad, quadrate, unimpressed. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, much wider than the head, faintly, transversely 

 depressed below the base. Legs very slender, long, the posterior 

 femora moderately thickened. 

 Length If, breadth :, ! mm. ($.) 



Hab. India, Sarda [Surda], Bengal (F. W. Champion). 



One specimen, recently received from one of my sons. 

 A graceful little insect, rufo-testaceous in colour, with the 

 head and an annulus on the posterior femora black, the fine 

 silky vestiture hiding the sculpture, the head transversely 

 gibbose in the middle at the base, the antennae slender, 

 with the last three joints perceptibly wider than those 

 preceding and forming a sort of loose club, the legs long 

 and very slender, the posterior femora not much thickened. 

 The head, which is formed as in the female of X. pallidir 

 tarsis, Pic, from Ceylon, is so strongly deflexed that I have 

 not ventured to raise it. 



37. Xylophilus tortipes, n. sp. 



). .Moderately elongate, robust, shining; niero-piceous, paler 

 beneath, the head (the eyes excepted) rufous, the palpi, a trans- 

 verse patch at the base of each elytron (nearly reaching the suture), 

 anterior legs, and intermediate and posterior tarsi, testaceous, tin' 

 antennae black, with the tip red; the entire upper surface densely, 

 finely punctate, the punctures on the elytra a little coarser; finely 

 cinereo-pubescent. Head comparatively small, a little broader 

 than long, rather broadly developed on each side behind the eyes, 

 the latter moderately large, emarginate. separated by about half 

 their own width; antennae rather stout, moderately lone, joint !i 

 very small, not longer than 2, 4—10 subequal, about as lone as 

 broad, 11 obliquely acuminate. Prothorax narrow, nearly as lone 

 as broad, subquadrate, obliquely narrowed in front, the disc witli 

 a deep, arcuate depression before the base. Elytra broad, about 

 twice as wide as the head, rather short, subparallel at the base, 

 the post-basal depression deep, transverse. Legs long; anterior 

 tibiae feebly sinuate within, distinctly mucronate at the inner 

 apical angle; posterior femora moderately clavate, simple; pos- 

 terior tibiae strongly sinuate, dilated on the inner side from before 

 the middle to the apex. 



Length 2,',,, breadth (elytra) 1 mm. 



Huh. Siam, Renong (Doha///). 



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