New or little-known Xylophilidae. 37 



transversely depressed before the base. Elytra oblong, wider than 

 the head, subparallel in their basal half, transversely depressed 

 below the base. Legs rather long s slender; anterior tibiae feebly 

 curved, distinctly sinuate within; posterior femora moderately 

 thickened, hollowed for some distance before the apex, appearing 



Subangulate beneath. 



Length 2, breadth \ mm. (J?.) 



Hah. Perak (Doherty). 



One rather immature specimen. The specimen described, 

 to judge from the description, may be a variety of X. 

 dohertyi, Pic, the type of which was found by Doherty at 

 the same locality. The latter is said to have long, stout, 

 black antennae, with the three basal joints slender and 

 testaceous in colour (as in the allied X. parvicollis, Ch., 

 from Assam), the elytra with more than the posterior 

 half nigro-piceous, etc. 



1J. Xylophilus annulicornis, n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 20, <$.) 



£. Short, robust, shining (when denuded); black, the head (the 

 eyes excepted), the tip of the antennae and the basal margin of 

 the prothorax rufous, the palpi, third antenna! joint, anterior legs, 

 intermediate and posterior tarsi, and a common, transverse, post- 

 basal fascia in the elytra (extending forwards along the suture and 

 on each side curving round to the shoulder), testaceous or tlavous; 

 the intermediate and posterior femora and tibiae nigro-piceous, 

 testaceous or ferruginous at the base; the entire upper surface 

 densely punctate, the punctures on the elytra rather coarse ; finely 

 cinereo-pubescent. Head somewhat oval, convex, the eyes small. 

 prominent, distant from the base, feebly emarginate; antennae 

 moderately stout, rather long, joint 3 small, scarcely longer than 2, 

 3-10 stouter and longer, 3-9 about as broad as long, 10 transverse, 

 11 rather stout, acuminate-ovate. Prothorax narrow, broader 

 than long, sub quadrate, narrowed in front, obsoletely sulcate 

 down the middle. Elytra short, convex, very broad, somewhat 

 rounded at the side-, faintly, transversely depressed below the 

 Legs rather long, slender; anterior tibiae straight, armed 

 with a minute tooth on the inner edge at about one-third from the 

 tip; posterior femora moderately incrassate, simple. 



Length (with head extended) 2, breadth (elytra) ,'•;, mm. 



Hob. Tenasserim, Tavoy {Doherty). 

 One male. This insect is so like X. laUcornis, Pic, from 

 Ceylon and Mergui, Tenasserim, the $ only of which is 



